241.1 20 Disqualification of county judge/executive -- How vacancy filled -- Appointee. (1) The county judge/executive shall be disqualified to act as county administrator by any fact that would disqualify a person under KRS 241.100 from acting as a member of the board. (2) If he is disqualified to act as county administrator, or if a vacancy in that office occurs for any other reason, the judge of the Circuit Court of that county shall appoint to that position a person at least thirty (30) years of age who, at the time of appointment, has been a citizen of the state and a resident of that county for at least two (2) years next preceding the date of appointment, and who is able to qualify. (3) The appointee shall serve during the unexpired portion of the term or until the county judge/executive is able and willing to qualify. History: Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 10. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b -110.
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