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KRS 61.220

Fiscal court members and mayors or council members of a consolidated local government not to be interested in public improvements or claims against county -- Penalty

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Trimble County ex rel. Shaver v. Moore (1958)

Most recently applied in Trimble County ex rel. Shaver v. Moore (April 1958)

Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky

(1) Any member of the fiscal court, or any mayor or council member of a consolidated local government, who becomes interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work to be done or material to be furnished for the county or any district thereof, or who becomes interested in any claim against the county shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense.

(2) If any county judge/executive, justice of the peace, or mayor or council member of a consolidated local government is, by the same act, guilty of a violation of this section and KRS 61.210, he shall be punished as provided in KRS 61.210.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.