1. (1) Whenever the comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to KRS Chapter 67A requires the implementation of a merit or civil service system for the employees of an urban- county government, such system shall be implemented by the urban-county government so as to guarantee the substantive and procedural rights possessed by any employee of a government in existence within the boundaries of the urban- county prior to the effective date of merger.
2. (2) During the time a merit or civil service system is being implemented, pursuant to the requirements of a comprehensive plan, all procedural and substantive rights possessed by any employee of a government in existence within the boundaries of the urban-county prior to the effective date of merger shall be protected.
3. (3) Any urban-county government created after December 31, 1987, shall be exempt from the provisions of KRS 67A.210 to 67A.350.

Effective: July 15, 1988

History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 379, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 199, sec. 1.