(a) The funds in the expansion fund shall be paid out to trust fund accounts by the Treasurer on funds drawn by the Controller and requisitioned by the program manager, pursuant to the purposes of this chapter. The program manager may transfer funds allocated from the expansion fund to accounts, established solely to receive the funds, in financial institutions or financial companies designated by the bank to act as trustee. The financial institutions or financial companies so designated shall be approved by the state for the receipt of state deposits. Interest earned on the trust fund accounts in financial institutions or financial companies may be utilized by the corporations or the bank pursuant to the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The program manager may reallocate funds held within a corporation’s trust fund account.
(1) The program manager may reallocate funds based on which corporation is most effectively using its guarantee funds. If funds are withdrawn from a less effective corporation as part of a reallocation, the program manager shall make that withdrawal only after giving consideration to that corporation’s fiscal solvency, its ability to honor loan guarantee defaults, and its ability to maintain a viable presence within the region it serves. Reallocation of funds shall occur no more frequently than once per fiscal year. Any decision made by the program manager pursuant to this subdivision may be appealed to the executive director unless otherwise specified. The executive director has the authority to repeal or modify any decision to reallocate funds.
(2) The program manager may authorize a corporation to exceed the leverage ratio specified in Section 63089.5 or subdivision (a) of Section 63089.62, pending the annual reallocation of funds pursuant to this section. However, no corporation shall be permitted to exceed an outstanding guarantee liability of more than specified in subdivision (a) of Section 63089.62 after a reallocation is made.
(c) Except as specified in subdivision (e), the program manager shall allocate and transfer money to trust fund accounts based on performance-based criteria. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The default record of the corporation.
(2) The number and amount of loans guaranteed by a corporation.
(3) The number and amount of loans made by a corporation if state funds were used to make those loans.
(4) The number and amount of surety bonds guaranteed by a corporation.
(5) The number and amount of other financial product activity.
(6) The number of jobs created or retained due to the financial product activity.
(d) The criteria specified in subdivision (c) shall not apply to a corporation that has been in existence for five years or less. If not already adopted, the bank board shall develop directives and requirements specifying the basis for transferring account funds to those corporations that have been in existence for five years or less.
(e) Any decision made by the program manager pursuant to this section may be appealed to the executive director within 15 days of notice of the proposed action. The executive director may repeal or modify any reallocation and transfer decisions made by the program manager. The appealing corporation shall submit, in writing, the specific area or areas of appeal and set forth any recommendation to the executive director for consideration. The executive director shall render a final decision within five business days of receiving the written appeal.
(f) Any decision made by the executive director shall be appealable in writing to the bank board within 15 days of the executive director’s decision, or such longer period as agreed to between the executive director and the corporation. The bank board shall make a final reallocation or transfer decision within 30 days of receiving the appeal, or such longer period agreed to between the executive director and the corporation.
(g) In the event of an appeal under this section, all allocations or transfers of money to trust fund accounts shall be on hold pending resolution by the executive director or bank board, as applicable.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 537, Sec. 4. (AB 1247) Effective October 4, 2013.)