(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the rapid outreach loan fund, which shall consist of money transferred to the fund from the funds created and used under sections 166.20, 166.21, 166.25, and 166.26 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used for eligible projects only, as limited by the purposes for which money may be used under each fund from which the money is transferred, and applied to allowable costs as provided under those sections. The fund shall also consist of any other money appropriated to it and money received by the state from the repayment of loans and recovery on loan guarantees, including interest thereon, and the repayment and recovery of grants, made from the fund. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall not be comprised, in any part, of money raised by taxation.
(B) The director of development, with the approval of the controlling board and subject to other applicable provisions of this chapter, may lend or grant money in the rapid outreach loan fund to persons for the purpose of paying allowable costs of eligible projects, if the director determines that all of the following conditions are met:
(1)The project is economically sound;
(2) The project is an eligible project under division (D) of section 166.01 of the Revised Code or is otherwise eligible for funding under the applicable fund from which the money is transferred to the rapid outreach loan fund;
(3) The amount to be provided from the rapid outreach loan fund is a reasonable amount given the scope of the eligible project as determined by the director;
(4) If the money provided is in the form of a loan, the director shall determine whether the loan is to be repaid or may be forgiven. If the loan must be repaid, the director must determine whether the loan has been secured by a mortgage, assignment, pledge, lien provided for under section 9.661 of the Revised Code, or other interest in property or other assets of the borrower, at such level of priority and value as the director considers necessary, provided that, in making such a determination, the director shall take into account the value of any rights granted by the borrower to the director to control the use of any assets of the borrower under the circumstances described in the loan documents.
(C)The determinations of the director under division (B) of this section shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity of a loan or grant agreement signed by the director.
(D) Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms and conditions of, and security for, loans and grants made from the rapid outreach loan fund shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans and grants are made. The moneys used in making loans and grants shall be disbursed from the fund upon order of the director. Unless otherwise specified in any indenture or other instrument securing obligations under division (D) of section 166.08 of the Revised Code, any payments of principal and interest from loans and grants made from the fund, including any proceeds of actions to collect the loans or to recover grant funds, shall be paid to the fund and used for the purpose of making loans and grants under this section.
(E)The director may take actions necessary or appropriate to collect or otherwise deal with any loan or grant made under this section.
(F)The director may fix service charges for the making of a loan. The charges shall be payable at such times and place and in such amounts and manner as may be prescribed by the director.
(G)(1) There shall be credited to the rapid outreach loan fund money received by this state from the repayment of loans, including interest thereon, made from the fund, and money received from the sale, lease, or other disposition of property acquired or constructed with money in the fund derived from the proceeds of the sale of obligations under section 166.08 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be applied as provided in this chapter pursuant to appropriations made by the general assembly.
(2) In addition to the requirements in division (G)(1) of this section, money referred to in that division may be deposited to the credit of separate accounts established by the director within the rapid outreach loan fund or in the bond service fund and pledged to the security of obligations, applied to the payment of bond service charges without need for appropriation, released from any such pledge and transferred to the rapid outreach loan fund, all as, and to the extent, provided in the bond proceedings pursuant to written directions of the director. Accounts may be established by the director in the rapid outreach loan fund for particular projects or otherwise. The director may withdraw from the fund or, subject to provisions of the applicable bond proceedings, from any special funds established pursuant to the bond proceedings, or from any accounts in such funds, any amounts of investment income required to be rebated and paid to the federal government in order to maintain the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on obligations issued under this chapter, which withdrawal and payment may be made without the necessity for appropriation.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the rapid outreach loan fund, which shall consist of money transferred to the fund from the funds created and used under sections 166.20, 166.21, 166.25, and 166.26 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used for eligible projects only, as limited by the purposes for which money may be used under each fund from which the money is transferred, and applied to allowable costs as provided under those sections. The fund shall also consist of any other money appropriated to it and money received by the state from the repayment of loans and recovery on loan guarantees, including interest thereon, and the repayment and recovery of grants, made from the fund. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall not be comprised, in any part, of money raised by taxation.
(B) The director of development, with the approval of the controlling board and subject to other applicable provisions of this chapter, may lend or grant money in the rapid outreach loan fund to persons for the purpose of paying allowable costs of eligible projects, if the director determines that all of the following conditions are met:
(1)The project is economically sound;
(2) The project is an eligible project under division (D) of section 166.01 of the Revised Code or is otherwise eligible for funding under the applicable fund from which the money is transferred to the rapid outreach loan fund;
(3) The amount to be provided from the rapid outreach loan fund is a reasonable amount given the scope of the eligible project as determined by the director;
(4) If the money provided is in the form of a loan, the director shall determine whether the loan is to be repaid or may be forgiven. If the loan must be repaid, the director must determine whether the loan has been secured by a mortgage, assignment, pledge, lien provided for under section 9.661 of the Revised Code, or other interest in property or other assets of the borrower, at such level of priority and value as the director considers necessary, provided that, in making such a determination, the director shall take into account the value of any rights granted by the borrower to the director to control the use of any assets of the borrower under the circumstances described in the loan documents.
(C)The determinations of the director under division (B) of this section shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity of a loan or grant agreement signed by the director.
(D) Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms and conditions of, and security for, loans and grants made from the rapid outreach loan fund shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans and grants are made. The moneys used in making loans and grants shall be disbursed from the fund upon order of the director. Unless otherwise specified in any indenture or other instrument securing obligations under division (D) of section 166.08 of the Revised Code, any payments of principal and interest from loans and grants made from the fund, including any proceeds of actions to collect the loans or to recover grant funds, shall be paid to the fund and used for the purpose of making loans and grants under this section.
(E)The director may take actions necessary or appropriate to collect or otherwise deal with any loan or grant made under this section.
(F)The director may fix service charges for the making of a loan. The charges shall be payable at such times and place and in such amounts and manner as may be prescribed by the director.
(G)(1) There shall be credited to the rapid outreach loan fund money received by this state from the repayment of loans, including interest thereon, made from the fund, and money received from the sale, lease, or other disposition of property acquired or constructed with money in the fund derived from the proceeds of the sale of obligations under section 166.08 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be applied as provided in this chapter pursuant to appropriations made by the general assembly.
(2) In addition to the requirements in division (G)(1) of this section, money referred to in that division may be deposited to the credit of separate accounts established by the director within the rapid outreach loan fund or in the bond service fund and pledged to the security of obligations, applied to the payment of bond service charges without need for appropriation, released from any such pledge and transferred to the rapid outreach loan fund, all as, and to the extent, provided in the bond proceedings pursuant to written directions of the director. Accounts may be established by the director in the rapid outreach loan fund for particular projects or otherwise. The director may withdraw from the fund or, subject to provisions of the applicable bond proceedings, from any special funds established pursuant to the bond proceedings, or from any accounts in such funds, any amounts of investment income required to be rebated and paid to the federal government in order to maintain the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on obligations issued under this chapter, which withdrawal and payment may be made without the necessity for appropriation.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the rapid outreach loan fund, which shall consist of money transferred to the fund from the funds created and used under sections 166.20, 166.21, 166.25, and 166.26 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used for eligible projects only, as limited by the purposes for which money may be used under each fund from which the money is transferred, and applied to allowable costs as provided under those sections. The fund shall also consist of any other money appropriated to it and money received by the state from the repayment of loans and recovery on loan guarantees, including interest thereon, and the repayment and recovery of grants, made from the fund. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall not be comprised, in any part, of money raised by taxation.
(B) The director of development, with the approval of the controlling board and subject to other applicable provisions of this chapter, may lend or grant money in the rapid outreach loan fund to persons for the purpose of paying allowable costs of eligible projects, if the director determines that all of the following conditions are met:
(1)The project is economically sound;
(2) The project is an eligible project under division (D) of section 166.01 of the Revised Code or is otherwise eligible for funding under the applicable fund from which the money is transferred to the rapid outreach loan fund;
(3) The amount to be provided from the rapid outreach loan fund is a reasonable amount given the scope of the eligible project as determined by the director;
(4) If the money provided is in the form of a loan, the director shall determine whether the loan is to be repaid or may be forgiven. If the loan must be repaid, the director must determine whether the loan has been secured by a mortgage, assignment, pledge, lien provided for under section 9.661 of the Revised Code, or other interest in property or other assets of the borrower, at such level of priority and value as the director considers necessary, provided that, in making such a determination, the director shall take into account the value of any rights granted by the borrower to the director to control the use of any assets of the borrower under the circumstances described in the loan documents.
(C)The determinations of the director under division (B) of this section shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity of a loan or grant agreement signed by the director.
(D) Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms and conditions of, and security for, loans and grants made from the rapid outreach loan fund shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans and grants are made. The moneys used in making loans and grants shall be disbursed from the fund upon order of the director. Unless otherwise specified in any indenture or other instrument securing obligations under division (D) of section 166.08 of the Revised Code, any payments of principal and interest from loans and grants made from the fund, including any proceeds of actions to collect the loans or to recover grant funds, shall be paid to the fund and used for the purpose of making loans and grants under this section.
(E)The director may take actions necessary or appropriate to collect or otherwise deal with any loan or grant made under this section.
(F)The director may fix service charges for the making of a loan. The charges shall be payable at such times and place and in such amounts and manner as may be prescribed by the director.
(G)(1) There shall be credited to the rapid outreach loan fund money received by this state from the repayment of loans, including interest thereon, made from the fund, and money received from the sale, lease, or other disposition of property acquired or constructed with money in the fund derived from the proceeds of the sale of obligations under section 166.08 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be applied as provided in this chapter pursuant to appropriations made by the general assembly.
(2) In addition to the requirements in division (G)(1) of this section, money referred to in that division may be deposited to the credit of separate accounts established by the director within the rapid outreach loan fund or in the bond service fund and pledged to the security of obligations, applied to the payment of bond service charges without need for appropriation, released from any such pledge and transferred to the rapid outreach loan fund, all as, and to the extent, provided in the bond proceedings pursuant to written directions of the director. Accounts may be established by the director in the rapid outreach loan fund for particular projects or otherwise. The director may withdraw from the fund or, subject to provisions of the applicable bond proceedings, from any special funds established pursuant to the bond proceedings, or from any accounts in such funds, any amounts of investment income required to be rebated and paid to the federal government in order to maintain the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on obligations issued under this chapter, which withdrawal and payment may be made without the necessity for appropriation.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
