(1) Except for a county containing a consolidated local government, in counties containing a population of over two hundred fifty thousand (250 ,000), each justice of the peace shall be exclusively compensated for the performance of the duties of his office by a salary to be determined by the fiscal court at a rate no less than nine thousand six hundred dollars ($9,600) per annum but no greater th an twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum, which shall be paid, in equal monthly installments, out of the county treasury. (2) The provisions of subsections (2), (3), and (4) of KRS 64.200 shall apply to justices of the peace in counties containing a population of over two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) except in a county containing a consolidated local government, the same as to constables, and the recorder shall perform the same duties and functions in regard to moneys collected by or for justices of the peace as they are required by KRS 64.200 to perform in regard to moneys collected by or for constables.
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