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AN ACT relating to police department members. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 95.495 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) Except as provided in KRS 337.285, in cities listed on the registry pursuant to 4
subsection (3) of this section or urban-county governments, except those in which, 5
by ordinance, the patrolmen are employed or paid by the day, the members of the 6
police department shall not be required to work more than eight (8) hours per day, 7
for five (5) days each week or ten (10) hours per day, for four (4) days each week, 8
except in the event of an emergency. Each member of the police department shall 9
be permitted to accrue[have] an annual leave of fifteen (15) working days with full 10
pay each year, as specifically established in the personnel policy applicable to 11
members of the department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a member of the 12
police department from voluntarily agreeing to work a different work schedule 13
provided that the officer is paid overtime for any work performed in excess of forty 14
(40) hours per week. 15
(2) The salary of the members of the police department shall not be reduced by reason 16
of the enactment of this section. 17
(3) On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create a 18
registry of cities that shall comply with the provisions of this section. The 19
Department for Local Government shall include each of those cities on the registry 20
that were classified as cities of the second or third class on August 1, 2014. The 21
Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the 22
registry available to the public by publishing it on its website[Web site]. 23