for example, through the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACO)?
A county is required to carry insurance on constables where expressly required to do so by statute. This question does not describe what is meant by “insurance,” as the term is used in the question. A county is required to carry, on constables, such insurance as a statute directs be carried. Absent statutory direction that a given type of insurance be carried, a fiscal court is not, in our view, required to do so. This view is based upon reasons discussed above, regarding a fiscal court’s authority over the financial affairs of a county. A county (or fiscal court) is required, for example, to carry workers’ compensation coverage for constables. See KRS 342.630(2), 342.640(3), and 64.530(2). And see, OAG 82-628, copy enclosed. 4. Is the county required to establish a budget for the constable’s office? We understand this question as asking whether the county must establish in its budget a category for constables, and allocate funds in such regard. In our view, for the reasons expressed a
