Section 40A:67-3 - County governing bodies, regional rehabilitation, reentry center, authoritya. One or more county governing bodies, may, by adoption of an ordinance or resolution, or parallel ordinances or resolutions, as appropriate, establish a regional rehabilitation and reentry center authority to develop, construct, maintain, and operate a regional rehabilitation and reentry center. Upon adoption of the parallel ordinances or resolutions, the counties shall negotiate and agree to a proposed inter-county agreement for the operation of the authority. The counties that enter into the inter-county agreement may amend the agreement as provided in subsection c. of this section.b. Copies of a proposed inter-county agreement shall be submitted to the Local Finance Board for review and consideration. The Local Finance Board shall approve or deny the agreement and file its approval or denial with the clerk of the board of commissioners of each county seeking to enter the agreement. If the Local Finance Board does not deny the proposed agreement within 60 days of receipt, the proposed agreement shall be deemed approved and the authority shall be established in accordance with the terms of the agreement.c. A county may request to become a member of the authority by negotiating an amended inter-county agreement with the authority, through the management committee. Upon entry into a proposed amended inter-county agreement, the authority shall submit the proposed amended inter-county agreement to the Local Finance Board for approval or denial of the proposed amended agreement. If the Local Finance Board does not deny a proposed amended agreement within 60 days of receipt, the proposed amended agreement shall be deemed approved.Added by L. 2023, c. 346,s. 3, eff. 1/16/2024.