(20 ILCS 3501/805-35)

Sec. 805-35. Loan Approval Standards. Before approving any bond or loan insurance under this Act, the Authority shall find that any loan insured by or to be made from the proceeds of bonds insured by the Authority under this Act shall:

(a) Be made for an industrial project or any environmental facility under the Illinois Environmental Facilities Financing Act;

(b) Be made to a borrower approved by the Authority as responsible and creditworthy;

(c) Be reviewed for insurance by the credit review committee established by the Authority pursuant to this Act;

(d) In the case of real property, be secured by a first mortgage on the property, or by any other security satisfactory to the Authority to secure payment of the loans, and have a maturity date not later than 25 years after the date of the loan;

(e) In the case of machinery and equipment, be secured by a first security interest in the machinery and equipment, or by any other security satisfactory to the Authority to secure payment of the loan, and have a maturity date not later than 12 years from the date of the loan;

(f) Contain complete amortization provisions satisfactory to the Authority;

(g) Be in such principal amount and form, and contain such terms and provisions with respect to property insurance, repairs, alterations, payment of taxes and assessments, delinquency charges, default remedies, additional security and other matters as the Authority shall determine;

(h) Be made only after the Authority has made a determination that, in its sole opinion, the loan has the potential to provide or retain substantial employment in relation to the principal amount of the loan to be insured, which employment, so far as feasible, may be expected to be of residents of areas of critical labor surplus;

(i) Be made only after the Authority has made a determination that, in its sole opinion, adequate provision is being or will be made to meet any increased demand upon community public facilities that will likely result from the project; and

(j) Be made only after the Authority has made a determination that, in its sole opinion, the public interest is adequately protected by the terms of the loan and of the insurance contract or other agreements. Any contract of insurance executed by the Authority under this Act shall be conclusive evidence of eligibility for such insurance, and the validity of any contract of insurance so executed or of an advance commitment to insure shall be incontestable in the hands of a borrower or bondholder from the date of execution and delivery of the contract or commitment, except for fraud, or misrepresentation on the part of the borrower and, as to commitments to insure, noncompliance with the commitment or Authority rules or regulations in force at the time of issuance of the commitment. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as creating any rights of a competitor of an approved borrower or any applicant whose application is denied by the Authority to challenge any application which is accepted by the Authority and any loan, contract of insurance or other agreement executed in connection therewith.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)