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KRS 90.300

Definitions for KRS 90.310 to 90.410 -- Application

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Black v. Sutton (1945)

Most recently applied in Stovall v. City of Scottsville (February 1980)

Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky

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(1) In KRS 90.310 to 90.410, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Administrative or directorial position" means the head of a department of municipal government;

(b) "Appointing authority" means the officer, commission, board or body having the power of appointment or removal in any office, department, commission, board or institution;

(c) "Civil service" means the offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the city not specifically excluded by KRS 90.310 to 90.410 or by ordinance of the city as provided in KRS 90.310;

(d) "Commission" means the board of civil service commissioners as established under KRS 90.310;

(e) "Dismissal" means the discharge of an employee;

(f) "Employee" means any person employed in the conduct of municipal affairs, but the term shall not include the mayor, city manager, city administrative officer, or an administrative or directorial position. The term "employee" shall not include the offices of the board of health, members of the planning and zoning commission, the board of trustees of the public library, members of the housing authority, municipal hospital commission or the trustees, members or corresponding officers of similar boards or commissions, persons employed on temporary and special projects or to persons whose regular employments with the city are seasonal and are less than nine (9) months in any one (1) year, persons in a class of employees designated by ordinance to be non-civil- service positions, and the city clerk or city assessor; and (g) "Pension fund" means the moneys derived from the employees and the levy of a special tax, either or both, or any other sum derived from any other source, to be used for the retirement of employees after the prescribed years of service and for the benefit of disabled employees, and surviving spouses and dependent children in the case of death of an employee within the scope of his employment according to the terms of KRS 90.310 to 90.410 and the ordinance of the city.

(2) The provisions of KRS 90.310 to 90.410 are independent of and do not affect the laws governing the police and fire departments, nor their pension funds, as provided in KRS Chapter 95.

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