(1) Each county clerk, jailer and sheriff whose fees are paid into the State Treasury, and who has the bond required of him by law executed by an incorporated surety company authorized to do a surety business in Kentucky, shall have a claim against the state for the amount of the premium paid by him, payable as other claims are paid, but only if the fees theretofore paid into the State Treasury by such officer are sufficient to pay the premium in addition to his other official expenses theretofore incurred that are entitled to be paid out of such fees. The amount of premium to be paid by the state shall be approved by the judge or court who approved the bond.
(2) Every claim made under this section for the payment of a premium on a bond shall be verified by affidavit of the officer executing the bond as principal.
Effective: January 2, 1978
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 20, effective January 2,
1978. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 7. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 373a, 3751a-1.