The Kentucky State Treasurer is elected every four years along with the

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and other statewide officials. The treasurer, who can serve two terms, acts as the state's chief elected fiscal officer.Kentucky Treasure
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/ref> The salary is $110,000 a year. The current treasurer,

Allison Ball Allison Ball (born August 27, 1981) is an American attorney and politician who serves as the Kentucky State Treasurer. She is a member of the Republican Party. Early years and career Ball is a ninth-generation Eastern Kentuckian. Her family ha ...

of Prestonsburg,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

, is the first

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elected to the post since 1944. She succeeded the

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Todd Hollenbach Louis J. Hollenbach, IV, known as Todd Hollenbach (born July 21, 1960), is an American former judge and politician who served as Kentucky State Treasurer. A Democrat, he was elected as treasurer in 2007 and re-elected in 2011. Because of term ...

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

, who instead became the 30th District Court judge. The treasurer's duties include: * Act as head of the treasur
KRS 041.020
* Create and manage the state's depositor
KRS 041-070
* Make record of all monies due and payable to the stat
KRS 041-100
* Process warrants from the Finance and Administration Cabine
KRS 041-150
* Make payments on behalf of the stat
KRS 041-160
* Make an annual repor
KRS 041-340

List of Kentucky State Treasurers

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External links

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