1. (a) If an Alabama statewide trade association does not, within the time period set forth in Section 10A-18-1.05, allow a member who complies with Section 10A-18-1.05 to inspect the records required to be maintained by Sections 10A-18-1.04(a)(1) through (6), a member may petition the Montgomery County Circuit Court, and the court may summarily order inspection of the records demanded at the Alabama statewide trade association’s expense upon application of the member.

2. (b) If the court orders inspection of the records demanded under Section 10A-18-1.05, it shall impose reasonable restrictions on the confidentiality, use, or distribution of the records by the demanding member and the court shall also order the Alabama statewide trade association to pay the member’s expenses incurred to obtain the order, unless the Alabama statewide trade association establishes that it refused inspection in good faith because the Alabama statewide trade association had:

   1. (1) a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect the records demanded; or
   2. (2) required reasonable restrictions on the confidentiality, use, or distribution of the records demanded to which the demanding member had been unwilling to agree.

(Act 2024-413, §3.)