Selection process and criteria based on merit selection
Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 100, sec. 4
(a)
- (1) In addition to documentation establishing minimum qualifications, the casino applicant shall submit responses to the Arkansas Racing Commission’s merit criteria in a form and manner prescribed by the commission.
- (2) Criterion shall be published with the notice of open application.
- (3) In addition, representatives of the casino applicant shall appear before the commission and the commission’s consultant for an interview regarding the casino applicant’s qualifications and proposal for operating a casino in Arkansas.
(b) The commission shall consider the following criteria based on merit to evaluate applications:
- (1) Experience conducting casino gaming;
- (2) Timeline for opening a casino;
- (3) Proof of financial stability and access to financial resources, including but not limited to legal sources of finances immediately available to begin operating a casino; and
- (4) Detailed summary of proposed casino including hotel, amenities, projected number of employees, and any other information the casino applicant deems relevant.
- (c) Each merit criterion will be worth a number of points announced by the commission in the notice of open application period.
(d)
- (1) The commission shall evaluate the applications and award points for each merit criterion.
- (2) The points shall be totaled for each application and the applications ranked from the highest total score to the lowest total score.
- (3) The commission shall notify in writing each of the casino applicants of their respective score and their respective ranking among all casino applicants.