Sec. 32-16. Insurance of mortgages and loans on economic development projects and information technology projects.
Sec. 32-16. Insurance of mortgages and loans on economic development projects and information technology projects. (a)(1) The authority may (A) upon application of the proposed mortgagee, insure and make advance commitments to insure all or a
portion of mortgage payments required by a mortgage on any (i) economic development
project, exclusive of machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and other personal property, or (ii) any information technology project, and (B) upon application of a borrower,
insure and make advance commitments to insure, (i) all or a portion of loan payments
required for an information technology project, (ii) a loan for an economic development
project used for manufacturing, industrial, research, retail, small business, product development, product warehousing, distribution or other purposes which will create or
retain jobs, maintain or diversify industry, including new or emerging technologies, or
maintain or increase the tax base, or (iii) a secured or unsecured working capital loan
necessary for the start-up or continuation of such a project, upon such terms and conditions as the authority may prescribe, provided the aggregate amount of contracts of
insurance or advance commitments issued under this section, together with contracts
of insurance or advance commitments insured under subsection (b) or (d) of this section,
outstanding at any one time shall not exceed four times the sum of the amounts available
in the Mortgage and Loan Insurance Fund plus the amount of any unpaid grants authorized to be made by the Department of Economic and Community Development to the
authority for deposit in such fund which remain available for purposes of the fund pursuant to the bond authorization in section 32-22, provided the amount of any such contract
of insurance or advance commitment shall be measured by the portion of unpaid principal which is insured by the authority and shall exclude for purposes of such limitation
the amount of any contract of insurance or advance commitment to the extent that the
liability of the authority with respect thereto has been reinsured by, or participated in
by, an eligible financial institution with a long-term credit rating equal to or higher than
that of the state. The aggregate amount of principal obligations of all mortgages and
loans so insured shall not constitute indebtedness of the state of Connecticut for purposes
of computing the debt limit under section 3-21, provided bonds authorized to be issued
pursuant to section 32-22 shall constitute indebtedness of the state of Connecticut for
such purposes, whether or not obligations of the state of Connecticut are issued and
outstanding in anticipation of the sale of such bonds. Any contract of insurance executed
by the authority under this section shall be conclusive evidence of eligibility for such
mortgage or loan 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 an approved
mortgagee or lender from the date of the execution of such contract of insurance or
advance commitment, except for (I) fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such approved mortgagee or lender, or (II) noncompliance with the terms of the contract of
insurance or advance commitment and authority written procedures in force at the time
of issuance of the contract or the advance commitment.
(2) To be eligible for insurance under the provisions of this chapter, a mortgage or
agreement for the extension of credit or making of a loan by the authority or other lender
shall: (A) Be one which is made to and held by the authority or an eligible financial
institution approved by the authority as responsible and able to service the mortgage or
loan properly; (B) in the case of a mortgage under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1)
of this subsection, involve principal not to exceed twenty-five million dollars for any
one economic development project exclusive of machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and other personal property, and not to exceed ninety per cent of the cost of such
project, except that the authority may insure a portion of a mortgage or agreement for
the extension of credit or making of a loan by the authority that otherwise satisfies the
requirements of this section and the requirements prescribed by the authority by written
procedure if such mortgage or agreement involves principal in excess of twenty-five
million dollars, provided any approved contract of insurance shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars and in the case of a loan under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1)
of this subsection, involve principal not to exceed ten million dollars; (C) have a maturity
satisfactory to the authority but in no case later than twenty-five years from the date of
the issuance of the insurance; (D) contain amortization provisions satisfactory to the
authority requiring payments by the borrower or mortgagor, not in excess of the borrower's or mortgagor's reasonable ability to pay as determined by the authority; (E) be in
such form and contain such terms and provisions with respect to property insurance,
repairs, alterations, payment of taxes and assessments, default reserves, delinquency
charges, default remedies, anticipation of maturity, additional and secondary liens and
other matters as the authority may prescribe.
(b) The authority may, upon application of the proposed mortgagee or borrower,
insure and make advance commitments to insure all or a portion of mortgage or loan
payments required by a mortgage or loan on new or used machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures or other personal property, upon such terms and conditions as the authority
may, by written procedure, prescribe, provided (1) such machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures or other personal property has been acquired for use as or in connection
with any economic development project; (2) such machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures or other personal property shall have been actually installed or located therein
within two years after the execution of a commitment to insure mortgage payments
signed on behalf of the authority; and (3) the owner thereof has agreed not to remove
such machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures or other personal property from the state
until the principal obligation of the mortgage attributable to the cost of such machinery,
equipment, furniture, fixtures or other personal property has been paid in full.
(c) To be eligible for insurance under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section,
a mortgage or loan shall: (1) Be one which is made to and held by an eligible financial
institution approved by the authority; (2) involve principal not to exceed ten million
dollars for any one project and not to exceed eighty per cent of the cost of the mortgaged
machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures or other personal property, provided the authority may insure a portion of a mortgage or loan that otherwise satisfies the requirements of this section and the requirements prescribed by the authority by written procedures if it involves principal in excess of ten million dollars and the principal portion
of the loan which is insured does not exceed ten million dollars; (3) have a maturity
date satisfactory to the authority but in no case later than ten years from the date of
the mortgage or loan; (4) contain amortization provisions satisfactory to the authority
requiring payments by the mortgagor or borrower which may include principal and
interest payments, cost of local real or personal property taxes and assessments, hazard
insurance and such mortgage or loan insurance premium as is required under section
32-18, as the authority shall from time to time prescribe or approve; (5) be in such form
and contain such terms and provisions, with respect to property insurance, maintenance,
alterations, payment of taxes and assessments, restriction of location of the machinery,
equipment, furniture, fixtures and other personal property, default reserves, delinquency
charges, default remedies, acceleration of maturity, additional and secondary liens and
such other matters as the authority may prescribe.
(d) All payments required to be paid under the terms of any mortgage or other
agreement for the extension of credit or making of a loan by the authority for an economic
development project, including machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and other personal property, financed by the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the authority,
or of notes issued in anticipation of such bonds or other obligations, shall at all times
that such bonds, obligations or notes are outstanding be eligible for insurance pursuant
to this chapter. The authority may insure any eligible mortgage or other agreement by
designating such mortgage in the resolution authorizing the bonds, obligations or notes
issued to provide funds to finance the economic development project or by endorsing
an appropriate certificate on such mortgage or other agreement. In the case of a default
in payment with respect to any mortgage or other agreement so insured, the amount of
such payment shall immediately, and at all times during the continuance of such default,
constitute a charge on the insurance fund and shall be applied by the authority to the
payment of taxes or insurance on the economic development project or of any bonds or
notes of the authority secured by such mortgage or other agreement, regardless of the
availability of other revenues or surplus of the authority for such payments. The authority
shall take or cause to be taken all reasonable steps to enforce the payment of amounts
in default on any such mortgage or other agreement and to exercise all available remedies
necessary to enforce such mortgage or other agreement and protect the security of the
authority's obligations, and in connection therewith may use any amounts in the Mortgage and Loan Insurance Fund to bid for and purchase in foreclosure or other judicial
proceedings any property on which it holds a second or other subordinate mortgage the
payments on which are insured under this subsection. The trustee for any bond or other
obligation of the authority or note issued in anticipation thereof or, if there be no such
trustee, the holder of any such bond, obligation or note, shall have the right to bring suit
to require the application as provided in this section of any amounts in the insurance fund.
(e) In the case of applications for insurance under subdivision (2) of subsection
(a) of this section, (1) the authority shall not issue loan guarantees to insure loans for
commercial real estate development projects or for passive real estate ownership, (2)
the authority may issue loan guarantees for projects in which the borrower intends to
purchase commercial real estate for use in its principal business operations, (3) no loan
guarantee shall be issued pursuant to this section for the financing or refinancing of any
project unless the authority determines that the project is otherwise unable to obtain
financing in satisfactory amounts or under reasonable terms or conditions or unless the
authority determines that the borrower is unable to start, continue to operate, expand or
maintain operations or relocate to this state without such guarantee, (4) no loan guarantee
shall be issued pursuant to this section for the financing or refinancing of any project
which the authority determines may be financed commercially, upon reasonable terms
and conditions, without such a guarantee, and which an eligible financial institution
nonetheless has attempted to shift into this program, (5) the authority shall determine
whether a project has been inappropriately diverted into this program consistent with the
credit availability principles set forth in any applicable guidelines for the loan guarantee
program of the Connecticut Works Fund, (6) the authority may require the participating
institution to submit its loan criteria and such other information as may be appropriate
and, in reviewing projects that involve the refinancing of existing loans, may require
submission of the classification assigned to that loan by examiners for any federal financial regulatory institution, (7) the authority shall maximize the leveraging capability of
loan guarantees to the extent feasible and (8) no loan guarantee shall be issued to an
eligible financial institution for any loan to any executive officer, director or shareholder
owning more than five per cent of the outstanding stock of such institution, or any
executive officer of any other eligible financial institution or any director or shareholder
owning more than five per cent of the outstanding stock of any such institution, or a
member of the immediate family of such an executive officer, director or shareholder
or to any company or entity controlled by any such persons.
(1961, P.A. 542, S. 7; 1963, P.A. 601, S. 5; February, 1965, P.A. 494, S. 8; 1967, P.A. 552, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 503, S. 2;
1972, P.A. 195, S. 20; P.A. 73-599, S. 28; P.A. 75-461, S. 3, 6; P.A. 77-370, S. 7, 13; P.A. 78-357, S. 14, 16; P.A. 80-267,
S. 9; P.A. 81-384, S. 2, 13; 81-388, S. 10, 12; P.A. 86-212, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-536, S. 3, 7; P.A. 88-265, S. 4, 36; P.A. 91-161, S. 1, 9; P.A. 93-360, S. 3, 19; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 00-178, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1,
S. 43, 46; P.A. 01-96, S. 2; 01-195, S. 177, 181.)
History: 1963 act included provisions re advance commitments to insure and increased maximum amount of principal
obligation for one project from $5,000,000 to $7,500,000; 1965 act excluded machinery and equipment from mortgage
amount in Subsec. (a), consisting of previous provisions, changed maximum amount of insured mortgages outstanding
from $25,000,000 or amount approved by bond commission to two times the total amount of bonds authorized for issuance
by bond commission, specified when bonds constitute state indebtedness, increased maximum amount of obligation for
one project to $10,000,000 and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re insurance of mortgage or machinery and equipment; 1967
act defined "refurbished and remodeled machinery and equipment" and allowed consideration of such machinery and
equipment as new in Subsec. (b); 1971 act added Subsecs. (d) and (e) authorizing commitments for machinery and equipment
to abate pollution and creating industrial pollution abatement loan fund; 1972 act deleted Subsecs. (d) and (e); P.A. 73-599 replaced industrial building commission with Connecticut development authority; P.A. 75-461 subtracted aggregate
amount of outstanding capital reserve fund bonds from aggregate principal amount limit and included agreements for
extension of credit or making loan by authority in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (d) re eligibility for insurance and
payments in default; P.A. 77-370 changed limit on all outstanding insured mortgages to $140,000,000, included in that
figure aggregate amount of outstanding capital reserve fund bonds which amount was previously excluded and also included
notes issued in anticipation of such bonds; P.A. 78-357 made defaulted payments a charge on insurance fund regardless
of availability of other revenues where previously such payments were charged to fund only "to the extent that the then
current revenues and surplus of the authority available therefor are insufficient for such payments" and authorized use of
insurance fund to bid for and purchase property in foreclosure and other judicial proceedings; P.A. 80-267 included as
eligible in Subsec. (b) machinery used in connection with "significant servicing, overhauling or rebuilding of ... products,
or for research, office, or industrial, commercial warehouse, wholesale distribution or trucking freight terminal facilities,
or for any combination thereof" where previously research facilities alone were mentioned and replaced "commitment
agreement signed by all interested parties" with "commitment to insure mortgage payments signed on behalf of the authority" in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 81-384 specified projects in Subsec. (d) as "industrial" projects; P.A. 81-388 amended Subsec.
(a) to reduce the ceiling on insured mortgages from $140,000,000 to $100,000,000; P.A. 86-212 applied provisions of
Subsec. (b) to used machinery, deleting prior applicability to "refurbished and remodeled" machinery; P.A. 87-536 set
mortgage insurance limit at $450,000,000; P.A. 88-265 deleted first mortgage limitation, authorized insurance of all or a
portion of mortgage payments, changed industrial project to economic development project, added provisions excluding
the amount of certain insured mortgages from the maximum insurable amount, authorized insurance of mortgage payments
for furniture, fixtures or other personal property, deleted definition of "used machinery and equipment", deleted reference
to capital reserve fund bonds, authorized the issuance of other obligations of the authority in Subsec. (d) and made other
technical changes; P.A. 91-161 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re advance commitments and partial insurance,
raised the principal amount of a mortgage on real property from $10,000,000 to $25,000,000 and made technical changes
and amended Subsec. (b) to increase the size of mortgages on machinery from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000; P.A. 93-360
added Subsec. (a)(2), authorizing authority to insure and make advance commitments to insure loan payments for economic
development project loans, made changes throughout the section for consistency with said Subdiv. (2), also amended
Subsec. (a) to reformulate limit on aggregate amount of contracts of insurance or advance commitments that may be issued
and added Subsec. (e) setting forth provisions re applications for insurance under said Subdiv. (2), effective June 14, 1993;
P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and
Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 00-178 amended Subsec. (a) to make provisions applicable
to information technology projects; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 changed effective date of P.A. 00-178 from October 1, 2000,
to July 1, 2000, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-96 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, including changes for
purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 01-195 reordered Subdiv., Subpara. and clause designators and made other technical
changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 11, 2001.
See Sec. 32-23s re interpretation of amendments to this section effective on June 29, 1981.
Cited. 150 C. 344.