(1) Prior to issuance of any revenue bonds to finance the project costs of industrial development facilities, each public corporation proposing such a bond issue shall submit an application to the department for a determination of the eligibility of the industrial development facility under the act for such financing.

(2) Such applications shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the director, copies of which may be obtained from the department by writing to:

Department of Commerce

and Economic Development

Industrial Development Division

101 General Administration Building

Olympia, Washington 98504

Mailstop AX-13

(3) Where indicated on the form, each applicant for eligibility determination shall:

(a) Describe fully the proposed acquisition, construction or improvement project and the facilities affected thereby; and

(b) Specify the basis for qualification as an industrial development facility by describing the manufacturing, processing, production, assembly, warehousing, transportation, pollution control, solid waste disposal, or energy related functions of the facilities.

(4) Each application form must be accompanied by a copy of the applicant public corporation's enabling ordinance and charter: Provided, however, If a copy of such ordinance and charter, current as of the date of the application, has previously been submitted to the department in connection with a different application for eligibility determination, then the requirement for submitting a copy of enabling ordinance and charter may be satisfied by reference to the prior application.