A. Subject to prior review by an interim committee designated by the New Mexico legislative council, the board shall adopt and may from time to time modify or repeal rules and regulations:
(1) for determining criteria for the classification and setting of priorities of commercial or agricultural industries in need of development, improvement or rehabilitation, which criteria may vary between different areas in the state and in accordance with the possible employment benefits; and
(2) for governing:
(a) the making of project loans;
(b) the making of lender loans; and
(c) the purchase of project loans, to implement the powers authorized and to achieve the purposes set forth in the Industrial and Agricultural Finance Authority Act.
B. The rules and regulations of the board relating to the making of lender or project loans or the purchase of project loans shall provide at least for the following:
(1) procedures for the submission by lenders to the board of:
(a) requests for loans; and
(b) offers to sell loans;
(2) written standards for allocating bond proceeds among lenders requesting lender loans from, or offering to sell project loans to, the authority;
(3) qualifications or characteristics of:
(a) commercial, industrial or agricultural facilities; and
(b) the sponsors or owners thereof; and
(4) requirements as to commitments and disbursements by lenders with respect to project loans.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 300, § 8; 2003, ch. 223, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted "review by an interim committee designated by the New Mexico legislative council" for "approval of the industrial and agricultural finance authority oversight committee" near the beginning of Subsection A.