Illinois Administrative Code
Title 74 - PUBLIC FINANCE
Part 1100 - ILLINOIS FINANCE AUTHORITY
Subpart H - FIRE TRUCK REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM
Section 1100.817 - Funding Criteria and Credit Review Process

Universal Citation: 74 IL Admin Code ยง 1100.817

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024

In addition to the loan application review criteria developed by OSFM (see 41 Ill. Adm. Code 290.55 ), the credit review process and funding criteria approved by the Authority for this Program are as follows:

a) The Authority's Chief Financial Officer, or his or her designee, will serve as an ex officio, non-voting member of OSFM's Loan Application Review Committee for the purpose of reviewing submitted loan documentation to ensure that all documents necessary for the Authority to initiate its credit and due diligence review are present (see 41 Ill. Adm. Code 290.40 ).

b) If an applicant is delinquent on a previous loan funded by the Authority, the applicant shall be automatically disqualified from funding under this Program until any loan repayment delinquency has been cured.

c) The applicant must demonstrate its ability to meet at least one of the following minimum debt service coverage requirements:

1) General fund revenues or specified revenue stream: 1.25 x; or

2) State intercept revenues: 1.25x; or

3) Direct property levy for the loan: 1.00 x.

d) The applicant must submit supporting documentation for the source of repayment as follows:

1) For general fund or specified revenues, submit a current board- approved budget that reflects the identified revenue source and amount; or

2) For direct property tax levy (i.e., general obligation), submit a copy of the levy and the ordinance authorizing the levy prior to the funding date.

e) If the applicant's repayment source is property tax receipts, the applicant's actual property tax collections over the past three fiscal years must exceed 95% of the total possible tax collection.

f) The applicant must provide a resolution or ordinance approved by the applicant's Board that includes the following approvals:

1) Loan Application;

2) Loan Agreement;

3) Sources and amounts of repayment;

4) State intercept agreement; and

5) Lien on the fire truck or brush truck purchased, if required by the Authority.

g) Each loan must be secured by the applicant's:

1) General funds or, if available, a direct property tax levy or State revenue intercept; and

2) Possession of the title to the property or an Authority lien on the equipment purchased, if the Authority, in its sole discretion, decides to accept such a lien.

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