(a) Following a review, if the Department of Commerce should approve the application, it shall forward the application to the Renewal of Alabama Commission.
(b) The Renewal of Alabama Commission shall consider the application and shall approve it if it deems it worthy of approval. Meetings of the commission are subject to Chapter 25A of Title 36. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commission may meet by telephone or some other telecommunications device so long as members of the public are allowed the opportunity to listen to or otherwise observe the commission’s deliberations.
(c) The approval of an application by the commission shall specify the amount of money which the local economic development organization is allowed to receive so that it can complete the site preparation or public infrastructure work specified in the application.
(d) Following approval by the commission, the Department of Commerce shall enter into an agreement with the local economic development organization which shall do all of the following:
(1) Require the local economic development organization to use funding received as a result of this law only for the purposes approved by the commission as expressed in the agreement.
(2) Require the local economic development organization to make periodic reports, not more often than annually, to the Department of Commerce and the commission, as required by the commission, on the disposition of the funds, the marketing of the site, and the ultimate use of the site until such time as it makes a final report.
(3) Require the local economic development organization to provide a review of its financial accounts as directed by the Renewal of Alabama Commission.
(e) For any approved applications, the Department of Commerce shall notify the Department of Revenue of the information specified in subsection (c).
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