(1) The fiscal court in counties containing a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or over may authorize and pay out of the general fund of the county for any expenditures which, in its discretion, are deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the offices of the county and Circuit Court clerk, sheriff, and jailer.
(2) If a county's population that equaled or exceeded seventy thousand (70,000) is less than seventy thousand (70,000) after the most recent federal decennial census, then the provisions of KRS 64.368 shall apply.