§ 15-4-3222 - Release of information. - Arkansas Statutes

15-4-3222. Release of information.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise required to be disclosed under this subchapter, all information of the type identified in 25-19-105(b)(9)(A) and related to a proposed project or a qualified Amendment 82 project that is provided to, compiled by or for, or developed by or for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a local entity, the Governor, or the Office of Economic and Tax Policy of the Bureau of Legislative Research in furtherance of their powers, duties, and obligations under this subchapter is awarded the privileges and entitled to the exclusions set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall not apply to information that is:

(A) Generated, compiled, or developed by a local entity that is not an agency or instrumentality of the state;

(B) Noncompetitive and nonproprietary; and

(C) Not provided to the commission under its powers, duties, and obligations set forth in this subchapter.

(b) The information described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section is not open to inspection and copying by any citizen of the State of Arkansas and is specifically exempt from the requirements of 25-19-105(a) regardless of whether such information is in the custody of the commission, the authority, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a local entity, or the Governor.