AN ACT relating to jails and correctional facilities.

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AN ACT relating to jails and correctional facilities. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 441.540 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) If there exists threatened violence or intense feeling and public indignation against a 4
person charged with a crime who is [and] in the custody of an officer, and the 5
Circuit Judge of the c ounty that has jurisdiction of the offense charged is of the 6
opinion that the person cannot be safely kept in the jail in that county, the Circuit 7
Judge, with the consent of the Governor, may order the[such] person removed for 8
safekeeping to the state peni tentiary most convenient to the county having 9
jurisdiction of the offense charged. 10
(2) In the absence of the Circuit Judge from the county, the District Judge of the county 11
may exercise the powers conferred by this section upon the Circuit Judge. 12
(3) The officer who makes the removal shall be entitled to the actual expenses incurred 13
in making the removal, and the officer[in addition he] shall also receive a fee of 14
five dollars ($5) per day for himself or herself, and two and one-half dollars ($2.50) 15
per day each for not more than two (2) guards. 16
(4) (a) The claim for fees and expenses shall be presented for approval to the Circuit 17
Court of the county having jurisdiction of the offense; and[. ] 18
(b) The claimed compensation shall be allowed by the Circuit Judge or District 19
Judge directing the transfer and paid out of the treasury of the responsible unit 20
of government. 21