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The Fiscal Court, or persons having control of any county building, has the following responsibilities:
(A) Posting of “no smoking” signs of adequate size and visibility in every room or area of a facility or other place where smoking is prohibited. Also, ashtrays must be available for extinguishing lighted materials.
(B) Assisting the public in complying with this subchapter when applicable.
(C) Asking anyone using lighted and electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or other tobacco products in a "no smoking" area to cease such prohibited activity.
(D) Asking any person who refuses to comply with a warning to leave the premises.
(Ord. 415.1, passed 12-14-93; Am. Ord. 2019-18, passed 7-23-19)
COUNTY JUDGE/EXECUTIVE
(A) When the absence or disability of the Boone County Judge/Executive shall prevent his or her serving in office during a national, state or locally declared emergency, the duties and responsibilities of the County Judge/Executive shall be administered by the Deputy County Judge/Executive as set forth in KRS 67.730 and 67.735.
(B) If neither the County Judge/Executive nor the Deputy County Judge/Executive is able to carry out the duties of Judge/Executive by reason of absence or disability during the declared emergency, a member of the Fiscal Court selected for this purpose by the Fiscal Court shall temporarily fulfill the duties of the Judge/Executive as set forth in KRS 67.740 and 67.745.
(Ord. 03-02, passed 1-21-03; Am. Ord. 2019-18, passed 7-23-19)
FEES AND COSTS
(A) Filing fees and court costs. Fees and costs in the Circuit and District Courts of Boone County, Kentucky, in addition to those fees and costs already imposed by law, shall be assessed and thereafter delivered to the Treasurer of Boone County, Kentucky, in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) In Circuit Court civil cases, a fee of $25 shall be added to filing fees;
(2) In Circuit Court criminal cases, a cost of $25 shall be added to court costs;
(3) In civil cases that are appealed from Circuit Court to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, a fee of $25 shall be added to the filing fees;
(4) In all traffic cases, a fee of $10 shall be added to the court costs;
(5) In probate cases, a fee of $10 shall be added to each filing fee;
(6) In misdemeanor cases, a cost of $20 shall be added to court costs;
(7) In small claims cases, a fee of $10 shall be added to all filing fees; and
(8) In District Court civil cases, a fee of $10 shall be added to all filing fees.
(B) Subpoena and civil summons. Fees for the service of a subpoena and for the service of a civil summons shall be charged, in addition to those charges which are already allowed by law, as follows:
(1) For the service of a subpoena, a fee of $10 shall be added to the service charges; and
(2) For the service of a civil summons, a fee of $10 shall be added to the service charges.
(C) Purpose of fees/costs. All funds collected as additional fees and/or costs pursuant to this section shall be expended for the purpose of paying expenses associated with the courts of justice in Boone County, Kentucky, including expenses for the courthouse(s), bonds related to the courthouse(s) and the administration thereof pursuant to the authority of KRS 23A.220, 24A.185 and 64.091.
(Ord. 03-07, passed 2-18-03; Am. Ord. 2019-18, passed 7-23-19)
(A) For the purposes of this chapter, a 911 SERVICE FEE shall be defined as an annual fee of $75 imposed upon each occupied individual residential unit and each occupied individual commercial unit located upon each parcel of real property located within the county, as determined from the records of the Property Valuation Administrator’s office. A RESIDENTIAL UNIT shall be defined as a principal residential space occupied or designed for occupancy for residential purposes. A COMMERCIAL UNIT shall be defined as a principal nonresidential building space of any size occupied or designed for occupancy by an individual nonresidential business or public or private enterprise. A unit occupied as of July 1 shall be deemed occupied. A unit not occupied as of July 1 shall be deemed not occupied and shall not be subject to the 911 service fee.
(B) The 911 service fees collected shall be used for the delivery of enhanced 911 emergency telephone service, as provided for by KRS 65.760.
(C) The 911 service fee shall be placed upon the county ad valorem property tax bills prepared by the County Clerk, pursuant to KRS 133.220(2) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and continuing every year thereafter.
(D) The Fiscal Court shall appoint an appeals board to consider and resolve any claims of incorrect determination of occupied individual residential units or occupied individual commercial units.
(E) All 911 service fees shall be collected by the County Sheriff and transferred to the County Public Safety Communication Center (PSGC) on a timely basis, as determined by the Judge/Executive pursuant to executive order. The County Clerk and Sheriff shall be entitled to a reasonable fee to defray the actual costs of collection, preparation and disbursement of 911 service fees.
(Ord. 2017-05, passed 4-18-17; Am. Ord. 2019-18, passed 7-23-19)
Any person violating the smoking regulations of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a violation and issued a citation to District Court which could result in a fine of not less than $5, and not more than $10. Each violation will be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 415.1, passed 12-14-93; Am. Ord. 2019-18, passed 7-23-19)