(a)

1. (1) All data, materials, and documentation originated and prepared for the Office of the Arkansas Lottery pursuant to solicitations shall belong exclusively to the office and may be available to the public in accordance with this part and the provisions of Arkansas Code § 23-115-404.
2. (2) Under no circumstances will the office be liable to any vendor or to any other person or entity for any disclosure of any trade secret or confidential information.

(b)

1. (1) Upon the office’s issuance of a notice of intent to award a major procurement contract, the office’s procurement files for such major procurement will be open for public inspection.

2. (2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the office:

   1. (A) Shall not be required to make available for public inspection information protected by or otherwise not required to be disclosed pursuant to applicable law or this part; and
   2. (B) May delay making its procurement files available to the public for such reasonable period of time as the office determines is necessary for it to redact or otherwise secure that portion of its procurement files that will not be made available to the public.
3. (3) The office’s procurement records that are made available to the public shall be available for inspection during the office’s regular office hours.