1. If the Office of Economic Development receives an application pursuant to NRS 360.889, the Office:

(a) Shall not consider the application unless the Office has requested a letter of acknowledgment of the request for a partial abatement from any county, school district, city or town which the Office determines may experience a direct economic effect as a result of the partial abatement.

(b) Shall not take any action on the application unless the Office takes that action at a public meeting conducted for that purpose.

(c) Shall, at least 30 days before any public meeting conducted for the purpose of taking any action on the application, provide notice of the application and the date, time and location of the public meeting at which the Office will consider the application to:

(1) Each participant in the project;

(2) The Department;

(3) The Nevada Gaming Control Board;

(4) The governing body of the county, the board of trustees of the school district and the governing body of the city or town, if any, in which the project will be located;

(5) The governing body of any other political subdivision that the Office determines could experience a direct economic effect as a result of the abatement; and

(6) The general public.

2. The date of the public meeting to consider an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.889 must be not later than 60 days after the date on which the Office receives the completed application.

3. The Office shall approve an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.889 if the Office finds that the project is a qualified project. The Office shall issue a decision on the application not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the public meeting on the application. Not later than 30 days after the Office issues a decision approving an application submitted pursuant to NRS 360.889 in which the lead participant applies for a certificate of eligibility for the transferable tax credits described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 360.889, the Office must submit a written request to the Interim Finance Committee for approval of the issuance of the transferable tax credits.

4. The lead participant in a qualified project shall submit all accountings and other required information to the Office and the Department not later than 30 days after a date specified in the decision issued by the Office. If the Office or the Department determines that information submitted pursuant to this subsection is incomplete, the lead participant shall, not later than 30 days after receiving notice that the information is incomplete, provide to the Office or the Department, as applicable, all additional information required by the Office or the Department.

5. Until the Office of Economic Development provides notice of the application and the public meeting pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the information contained in the application provided to the Office of Economic Development:

(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;

(b) Is not a public record; and

(c) Must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office of Economic Development unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure.

6. After the Office provides notice of the application and the public meeting pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1:

(a) The application is a public record; and

(b) Upon request by any person, the Executive Director of the Office shall disclose the application to the person who made the request, except for any information in the application that is protected from disclosure pursuant to subsection 7.

7. Before the Executive Director of the Office discloses the application to the public, the lead participant may submit a request to the Executive Director of the Office to protect from disclosure any information in the application which, under generally accepted business practices, would be considered a trade secret or other confidential proprietary information of the business. After consulting with the business, the Executive Director of the Office shall determine whether to protect the information from disclosure. The decision of the Executive Director of the Office is final and is not subject to judicial review. If the Executive Director of the Office determines to protect the information from disclosure, the protected information:

(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;

(b) Is not a public record;

(c) Must be redacted by the Executive Director of the Office from any copy of the application that is disclosed to the public; and

(d) Must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office of Economic Development unless the lead participant consents to the disclosure.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 29th Special Session, 22; A 2019, 2605)