(1) The cost of all elections held in any county shall be allowed by the fiscal court or legislative body of any urban-county government, charter county, consolidated local government, or unified local government and paid by the county treasurer, except as otherwise provided by law. (2) When the cost of any election has been allowed by the fiscal court or legislative body of any urban -county government, charter county, consolidated local government, or unified local government and paid by the county treasurer, within sixty (60) days following the date of the election, the county treasurer shall certify a statement of the number of precincts in the county, the date, and kind of election to the State Board of Elections, including an election that was delayed or po stponed in accordance with KRS 39A.100. The certification shall be filed within ninety (90) days after the election. Upon receipt of the certification and upon being satisfied as to the correctness thereof, the State Board of Elections shall issue its warr ant upon the State Treasurer in favor of the county treasurer for the amount of two hundred fifty-five dollars ($255) for each precinct in the county. (3) Payments to any county under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall be terminated if and whenever it fails to renew a lease, contract, or lease and option with the Finance and Administration Cabinet executed in connection with the acquisition of voting systems by the cabinet for the use of the county; and payments to any county shall be te rminated whenever the county fails to pay any part of the rentals required for any effective period of the lease or if a county board of elections fails to provide training to precinct election officers required by KRS 117.187(2). As used in this subsectio n, "county" includes urban -county government, charter county government, consolidated local government, and unified local government.
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