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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Conference Report)

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Loan Guarantee Program (language only)

Item 98 #3c

Item 98 #3c

Commerce And Trade
Business Assistance, Department of

Language
Page 80, line 33, after "Assistance" insert:
"The Virginia Small Business Finance Authority is authorized to insure additional loans for eligible small businesses, pursuant to § 2.2-2290, Code of Virginia, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed four times the principal amount in the Insurance or Guarantee Fund, or up to an aggregate amount of $10,000,000, whichever is less.  In the event that the Authority is called upon to pay on guaranties of loans of more than 10 percent of the aggregate amount of all outstanding insured loans, the Authority shall not insure any further loans and shall immediately notify the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees.  Pursuant to § 4-1.03.5 of this Act, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget is authorized to transfer a sum sufficient to the Insurance or Guarantee Fund in the event the amount in the fund falls below the amount needed to honor any guarantee."


Explanation
(This amendment authorizes the Virginia Small Business Finance Authority to insure additional loans for small businesses. The current balance in the Insurance or Guarantee Fund is approximately $2.0 million and the Authority has limited the aggregate amount of guaranteed loans to the balance in the fund. However, the historic default rate on outstanding loans has been less than two percent. The amendment would allow the Authority to issue additional loans, subject to certain conditions.)