No public officer or employee shall receive or be allowed or paid any lump sum expense allowance, or contingent fund for personal or official expenses, except where such allowance or fund either is expressly provided for by statute or is specifically appropriated by the General Assembly.
KRS 64.710
Expense accounts and contingent funds prohibited -- Exceptions
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Funk v. Milliken (1958)
Most recently applied in McWhorter v. City of Richmond (October 1974)
History: Created 1950 Ky
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