Kentucky Senate Bill 104 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-11 - to Committee on Committees (S)
Pending: Senate Committee on Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the status of certified constables and certified deputy constables; require 40-hour mandatory annual training for constables and deputy constables; require the Kentucky Constable Association to develop and maintain in-service education courses, offered at night and on weekends throughout the year in various regions across the Commonwealth; require courses to include firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; require constables and deputy constable seeking certification to pay costs of courses unless other funds are available; require county board of elections to notify the association within 60 days after election of constable and, where judge/executive appoints a constable, county clerk to notify the association of appointment providing contact information; for counties with deputy constables, require the constable to provide contact information to the association; require the association to maintain records of training hours completed by constables and deputies; require the association to issue certificates to constables and deputies upon satisfactory completion of training; require the association to maintain a Web site listing of constables and deputies who have and have not completed training; amend KRS 189.910 and 189.920 to include a certified constable's office among the entities using an emergency vehicle; amend KRS 189.950 to require fiscal court approval for non-certified constables' use of emergency equipment and corresponding insurance requirement; amend KRS 70.310 to delete reference to minimum bond for certified constables.

AN ACT relating to constables.

Sen. Robert Mills [R]	Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R]	Sen. Rick Girdler [R]	Sen. Alice Kerr [R]
Sen. Mike Nemes [R]	Sen. Phillip Wheeler [R]	Sen. George Wise [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-11	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-01-11	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb104.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb104/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/sb104/LM.pdf