(a) Other departments and agencies of State government shall assist and cooperate with the Authority and shall make available to it information and data as needed to assist the Authority in carrying out its duties. The Secretary of Administration shall establish protocols and agreements among the Authority and departments and agencies of the State for this purpose. Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive any privilege or protection otherwise afforded to the data and information under exemptions to the public records act or under other laws due solely to the fact that the information or data is shared with the Authority pursuant to this section.

(b) No instrumentality of the State shall sell, lease, or otherwise divest itself of ownership or control of radio frequency spectrum without prior notice to and approval of the General Assembly or, if the General Assembly is not in session, without prior notice to the Chairs of the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development and the Senate Committees on Finance and on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs and approval of the Joint Fiscal Committee, in consultation with the legislative Chairs already referenced in this subsection. (Added 2007, No. 79, § 1, eff. June 9, 2007; amended 2011, No. 53, § 18, eff. May 27, 2011.)