KENTUCKY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC., etc., Appellants,
v.
Joseph M. FISCHER; A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Appellees.
Donald W. Blevins, Fayette Court Clerk, et al., Appellants,
v.
Joseph M. Fischer; Albert B. Chandler, III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Appellees.
Rebecca Jackson, Jefferson County Clerk, Appellant,
v.
Joseph M. Fischer, et al., Appellees.
Kentucky Jailers Association, Inc.; Harold Taylor, Appellants,
v.
Joseph M. Fischer, et al., Appellees.
Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, John Kennedy Hamilton, Appellant,
v.
Joseph M. Fischer, et al., Appellees.
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Local Government, Appellant,
v.
Joseph M. Fischer, et al., Appellees.
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February 18, 1999.
February 18, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sheryl G. Snyder, Mary Ann Stewart, Griffin Terry, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Kentucky Sheriffs Association, etc.
Joseph M. Fischer, II, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, for Joseph M. Fischer.
A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, William B. Pettus, Assistant Attorney General, Civil and Environmental Law, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Attorney General.
Julius Rather, Lexington, Kentucky, for Fayette Court Clerk, et al.
Samuel D. Hinkle, IV, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Louisville, Kentucky, Robert W. Kellerman, Lea Pauley Goff, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Jefferson County Clerk.
Paul H. Twehues, Jr., Campbell County Attorney, Newport, Kentucky, for Campbell County and Campbell County Judge Executive.
C. Thomas Hectus, Ferreri, Fogle, Pohl & Picklesimer, Louisville, Kentucky, for Kentucky Jailers Association, Inc., Harold Taylor.
David T. Enlow, Murphy & Enlow, Lexington, Kentucky, for Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Denis Fleming, General Counsel, Office of the Governor, Frankfort, Kentucky, Richard M. Sullivan, Edward F. Busch, Richard B. Taylor, Conliffe, Sandmann & Sullivan, Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas M. Troth, General Counsel, Department of Local Government, Office of the Commissioner, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Department of Local Government.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
STEPHENS, Justice.
The sole issue before us is whether House Bill 810, 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 610, improperly authorizes compensation in excess of the maximum compensation limits set forth in Section 246 of the Kentucky Constitution for Sheriffs, County Judges/Executive, County Clerks and Jailers who operate full-service jails. We find that it does not.
Section 246 of the Kentucky Constitution limits the General Assembly in setting compensation for public officials...
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