30:4-91.12 Establishment of community relations advisory board.

4. a. Every contract between the Department of Corrections and the operator of a private facility shall provide for the establishment of a community relations advisory board in the municipality wherein the private facility is located. The board may include the following members: (1) the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality or a designee; (2) a member of the governing body of the municipality or a designee; (3) a representative of the operator of the private facility; (4) a representative of the Department of Corrections; and (5) public members, appointed by the governing body, to represent the community.

If the private facility is within 2,500 feet of the border of an adjacent municipality, the board also may include the chief law enforcement officer of that adjacent municipality or a designee; a representative of the governing body of that adjacent municipality or a designee; and public members, appointed by the governing body of the adjacent municipality, to represent the community. In those cases where the board consists of representatives from more than one municipality, the number of public member appointees from each of the participating municipalities shall be the same.

If an operator operates more than one private facility in a municipality, that operator may establish one community relations advisory board for all of that operator's private facilities within that municipality.

b. The board shall monitor the operation of the private facility and shall provide the residents of the municipality with a forum for resolving community concerns relating to the facility's operation.

L.1999,c.243,s.4.