(a) To become the public corporation herein authorized, the Governor, the State Treasurer, and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth all of the following:
(1) The name, official designation, and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office.
(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each applicant.
(3) The name of the proposed public corporation, which shall be "Alabama Incentives Financing Authority."
(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which shall be in the City of Montgomery.
(b) The applicants may also include in the application any other matters which are not inconsistent with this division or with any of the other laws of the state. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he or she finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, it shall be filed and recorded in an appropriate book of records in the office of the Secretary of State.