Arizona Laws 35-726. Approval of general plan before issuing bonds; fee; definition
A. Bonds shall not be issued by a corporation for the purpose of financing single family dwelling units pursuant to section 35-706, subsection A, paragraph 11 or 12 without approval of a general plan by its governing body. The corporation shall submit a general plan for each respective series of bonds to its governing body. The general plan shall briefly describe:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 35-726
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means any corporation organized as an authority as provided in this chapter. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- county: means the Arizona finance authority, the Arizona board of regents or any incorporated city or town, including charter cities, or any county in this state in which a corporation may be organized and in which it is contemplated the corporation will function. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- Governing body: means :
(a) The board or body in which the general legislative powers of the municipality or the county are vested. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Income: means gross earnings from wages, salary, commissions, bonuses or tips from all jobs, net earnings from such person's or family's own nonfarm business, professional practice or partnership, and net earnings from such person's or family's own farm. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Persons of low and moderate income: means , for the purposes of financing owner-occupied single family dwelling units in areas that the municipality has found, pursuant to section 36-1479, to be slum or blighted areas, as defined in section 36-1471, persons and families whose income does not exceed two and one-half times the median family income of this state. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Project: means any land, any building or any other improvement and all real and personal properties, including machinery and equipment whether or not now in existence or under construction and whether located within or without this state or the municipality or county approving the formation of the corporation, that are suitable for any of the following:
(a) With respect to a corporation formed with the permission of the Arizona finance authority, a municipality or a county other than the Arizona board of regents:
(i) Any enterprise for the manufacturing, processing or assembling of any agricultural or manufactured products. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- Property: means any land, improvements thereon, buildings and any improvements thereto, machinery and equipment of any and all kinds necessary to a project and any other personal properties deemed necessary in connection with a project. See Arizona Laws 35-701
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. The amount of the proposed bonds.
2. The maximum term of the bonds.
3. The maximum interest rate on the bonds.
4. The need for the bond issue.
5. The terms and conditions for originating or purchasing mortgage loans or making loans to lenders.
6. The area in which the single family dwelling units to be financed may be located.
7. The proposed fees, charges and expenditures to be paid for originators, servicers, trustees, custodians, mortgage administrators and others.
8. All insurance requirements with respect to mortgage loans, mortgaged property, mortgagors, originators, servicers and trustees.
9. The anticipated date of issuance of the bonds.
B. The governing body shall review general plans submitted by corporations pursuant to subsection A of this section. In reviewing the plans the governing body shall consider:
1. Whether the amount of the mortgage monies proposed to be made available is reasonably related to the demand for the mortgage monies.
2. Whether the terms of the general plan are justifiable in the context of the transaction and in the context of similar transactions.
3. Whether the fees, costs and expenditures as set forth in the general plan are reasonably related to the services provided.
4. For projects of owner-occupied single family dwelling units to be occupied by persons of low and moderate income and financed pursuant to section 35-706, subsection A, paragraphs 11 and 12, whether the proposed mortgage monies to be made available will fulfill a public purpose by providing housing for persons of low and moderate income or by encouraging single family developments in all participating jurisdictions, including such jurisdictions’ slum or blighted areas as defined in section 36-1471.
C. The governing body shall approve or disapprove the general plan not later than thirty days after receipt of the plan. If the governing body does not act on the general plan within thirty days after the date of receipt, the general plan shall be deemed approved. If a general plan is approved, the corporation may issue the series of bonds covered by the general plan with a total principal amount, maximum term and maximum interest rate no greater than that which is set forth in the general plan. The origination and servicing fees pertaining to mortgage loans to be financed in accordance with the general plan shall not exceed those proposed in the general plan. The corporation may vary other items in the general plan on a finding that the variation is minor and that the variations will not impair the security for the bonds or substantially increase the cost of financing the single family dwelling units and the findings of the corporation shall be conclusive.
D. The governing body may charge any corporation submitting a general plan for review a fee of not to exceed ten thousand dollars together with reimbursement of its actual costs and expenses incurred in reviewing the general plan.
E. Except for a corporation approved by the Arizona finance authority or a governing body of a county or a municipality having a population of more than seven percent of the total state population, a corporation shall not issue bonds, other than refunding bonds the proceeds of which are used exclusively to refund a prior bond issue, to finance a multifamily residential rental project, sanitarium, clinic, medical hotel, rest home, nursing home, skilled nursing facility or life care facility as prescribed in section 20-1801, unless the department approves the project. The department, with or without a hearing, shall review the project and consider at least the following factors:
1. The demand for and feasibility of the project in the area set forth in the application to the corporation.
2. The terms and conditions of the proposed bonds.
3. The proposed use of bond proceeds.
4. The benefit to the public if the project provides rental housing for persons of low and moderate income or encourages rental housing in slum or blighted areas as defined in section 36-1471.
5. If the project consists of a nursing home, or a life care facility as prescribed in section 20-1801, the benefit to the public of the project, including the proposed rent, fees and other charges of the project in relation to the level of services to be offered.
F. Subsection E of this section does not apply to bonds issued to finance:
1. A sanitarium, clinic, medical hotel, rest home, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or life care facility as prescribed in section 20-1801, if the facility is to be owned and operated by this state or a political subdivision or agency of this state.
2. A nursing home, rest home, skilled nursing facility, life care facility or senior residential facility providing on-site medical and support services if the facility is owned and operated by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue code.
G. Except for a corporation that is exempt under subsection E of this section, the department with or without a hearing shall approve or disapprove the project not later than thirty days after receipt of the request for approval. If the project is approved the corporation may issue the bonds described in the approval request with the total principal amount, maximum term and maximum interest rate no greater than as set forth in the request. The department shall charge each applicant submitting a project approval request pursuant to this subsection a fee of not to exceed five thousand dollars together with reimbursement of its actual costs and expenses incurred in reviewing the project. The department shall remit the fees to the state treasurer for deposit in the Arizona department of housing program fund established by section 41-3957.
H. For the purposes of this section, "department" means the Arizona department of housing.