(1) Loans will be disbursed by warrants drawn by the department of administration or wire transfers authorized by the state treasurer or the department in accordance with the provisions of this rule, and the indenture of trust.No disbursement of any loan shall be made unless the department has received from the borrower the following:
(a) a duly approved and executed bond resolution in a form acceptable to the department;
(b) a duly executed bond or promissory note in a principal amount equal to the amount of the loan in a form acceptable to the department;
(c) a certificate of the borrower that there is no litigation threatened or pending challenging the borrower's authority to undertake the project, to incur the loan, or issue the bonds, collect the system charges in a form acceptable to the department or to pledge its revenues or assets to the repayment of the loan or bonds;
(d) in the case of a borrower that is a municipality, an opinion of bond counsel acceptable to the department that the bond is a valid and binding obligation of the municipality payable in accordance with its terms and that the interest in a form acceptable to the department thereon is exempt from state and federal income taxation in a form acceptable to the department;
(e) in the case of a borrower who is a private person, an opinion of bond counsel to the department that the note and loan agreement are valid and binding obligations of the private person payable in accordance with their terms and that the making of the loan will not cause any bonds issued as tax-exempt bonds by the state to finance the program to become taxable;
(f) such other closing certificates or documents that
the department or bond counsel may require to satisfy requirements of these
rules;
(g) if all or part of a loan is being made to refinance
a project or reimburse the borrower for the costs of a project paid prior to
the closing, evidence satisfactory to the department and the bond counsel:
(i) that the acquisition or construction of the
project was begun no earlier than July 1, 1993;
(ii) of the borrower's title to the project;
(iii) of the costs of such project and that such
costs have been paid by the borrower; and
(iv) if such costs were paid in a previous fiscal
year of the borrower, that the borrower intended at the time it incurred such
costs to finance them with tax-exempt debt or a loan under a state revolving
fund program such as the program.
(h) any certificate of insurance as evidencing
insurance coverage as required by these rules and the bond resolution;
(i) a certified copy of the
rate and charge ordinance, if applicable, and if subject to approval by another
entity, evidence that such approval has been obtained;
(j) all permits or licenses that may be required by
the state, any of its agencies and political subdivisions with respect to the
project;
(k) executed copy of the construction contract
accompanied by the appropriate performance and payment bonds;
(l) any additional documents required by the
department or department of environmental quality as a condition to the
approval of the loan described in the bond purchase agreement;
(m) a written order signed by a department of
environmental quality representative authorizing a disbursement;
(n) a copy of the municipality's request for such
disbursement on the form prescribed by the department; and
(o) payment of the administrative fee and the
origination fee, unless excepted from these requirements by the department.