(a) The authority may make a new markets tax credit assistance leveraged loan under AS 44.88.700(a)(2) only if the authority determines that an applicant for a new markets tax credit assistance guarantee is unable to obtain a leveraged loan from a financial institution under commercially reasonable terms. Before making the determination, the authority shall require the applicant to document that at least two financial institutions have reviewed an application for a leveraged loan for which the authority would issue a new markets tax credit assistance guarantee for the loan, and either rejected the application or approved the application subject to terms the authority determines are commercially unreasonable. The authority may require the applicant to submit applications for a leveraged loan to one or more additional financial institutions.
(b) Subject to (a) of this section, the authority may make a new markets tax credit assistance leveraged loan under AS 44.88.700 - 44.88.799 to the applicant to finance a portion of the project using funds from the enterprise development account (AS 44.88.155).