(1) If any District Court places a person on probation following a conviction of crime, either upon verdict or plea, the court may request that the defendant be under the supervision of the Department of Corrections. (2) In counties containing an urban-county form of government, the urban-county council shall provide for supervision of a person placed on probation or work release by the District Court of the county following a conviction of crime, either upon a verdict or plea, under the supervision of an adult misdemeanant probation and work release agency of the urban-county government. The employees of the agency shall be classified civil service employees of a correctional services division created under KRS 67A.028 and shall be subject to the direction of the judges of the District Court in the performance of their duties. There shall be the number of employees of said agency, including clerical personnel, as necessary for the operation of the agency, and they shall receive reasonable salaries to be fixed by the urban-county council which salaries shall be paid out of the urban-county treasury.
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