Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-11-505. Standards for preliminary and final approval of companies and projects

(a) The Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall establish standards for final approval of eligible companies and their tourism attraction projects by the promulgation of administrative rules in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.

(b) The director shall obtain the review and advice of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism prior to designating an entity as an approved company eligible for the tourism incentive.

(c) The director may give approval by designating an eligible company as an approved company and authorizing the undertaking of the tourism attraction project.

(d) The director shall review the information that has been made available to the director in order to determine whether the tourism attraction project will further the purposes of this subchapter.

(e) The criteria for final approval of eligible companies and tourism attraction projects shall include, but shall not be limited to, the criteria set forth in § 15-11-504(c).

(f) After a review of the relevant materials, other information made available to the director, the completion of other inquiries, and the review and advice of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, the director may give final approval to the eligible company's application for a tourism attraction project and may grant the approval to the eligible company in the form of a financial incentive agreement.