(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 adopted and executed bond resolution from a municipality or loan agreement from
a private person in a form acceptable to the department;
(b) a duly executed bond or note in a principal amount equal to the amount of the loan in a form acceptable to
the department;
(c) a certificate of an official of the borrower that there is no litigation
threatened or pending challenging the borrower's authority to undertake the project, to incur the loan, issue
the bonds or enter into the loan agreement, collect the system charges in a
form acceptable to the department or pledge its revenues or assets to the
repayment of the loan or bonds;
(d) 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, and, with respect to a
loan to a private person, such legal opinions as the department deems necessary
or appropriate, including that the note and loan agreement are the valid and
bonding 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;
(e) such other closing certificates or documents
that the department or bond counsel may require to satisfy requirements of
these rules;
(f) 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 March 7, 1985;
(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;
(g) any certificate of
insurance as evidencing insurance coverage as required by these rules and the
bond resolution;
(h) 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;
(i) all permits
or licenses that may be required by the state, any of its agencies and
political subdivisions with respect to the project;
(j) executed
copy of the construction contract accompanied by the appropriate performance
and payment bonds;
(k) 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;
(l) a written
order signed by a department of environmental quality representative
authorizing a disbursement;
(m) a copy of the
borrower's request for such disbursement on the form prescribed by the
department; and
(n) payment of
the administrative fee and origination fee, unless excepted from these
requirements by the department.