UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 1469 Page 1 of 1 XXXX 2/18/2025 5:15 PM Jacketed AN ACT relating to state personnel. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 ď˘SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 64 IS CREATED TO 3 READ AS FOLLOWS: 4 Notwithstanding any provision of KRS Chapter 18A, KRS 64.640, or other law to the 5 contrary, constitutional officers specified in Section 93 of the Constitution of Kentucky 6 may: 7 (1) Employ persons exempt from the classified service as those officers deem 8 necessary or advisable for making and carrying out policy; and 9 (2) Increase by administrative order the salary of any classified employee with status 10 up to the midpoint of the grade for the employee's classification. 11