When the county court or board has received a recommendation pursuant to ORS § 169.042, it shall either:

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(1) Reject the recommendation and decline to adopt a limit on the number of adults in custody that may be held in the local correctional facility; or

(2) Adopt the recommendation and, after consultation with the officials listed in ORS § 169.046 (1), issue an order establishing the maximum allowable number of adults in custody that may be held in the local correctional facility. This shall include specific standards for determining a county jail population emergency and a specific plan for resolving the emergency. [1989 c.884 § 3; 2019 c.213 § 122]