The Department of Economic Development may enter into contractual agreements with the regional councils formed under 8-25-5 of this code to provide funding to the regional councils to be used to obtain federal matching grants and for other purposes determined to be appropriate by the department: Provided, That the amount of any allocation shall be determined by dividing the number of eligible regional councils into the total amount of funds made available for allocation by the Legislature. The Department of Economic Development shall develop criteria to determine a regional councils eligibility for the state allocation.
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