6. a. Prior to entering into a structured financing transaction, the State Treasurer shall transmit to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, a preliminary report that a decision to enter a structured financing transaction has been made, reciting the basis on which the decision was made, including an estimate of the State receipt and net receipt related to the transaction upon which the State Treasurer relied when making the decision to enter into a structured financing transaction.

b. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, shall have authority to approve or disapprove of the structured financing transaction as included in each preliminary report submitted in accordance with subsection a. of this section. The committee shall approve or disapprove the transaction within 10 business days after physical receipt of the report. The committee shall notify the State Treasurer in writing of the approval or disapproval as expeditiously as possible.

c. No structured financing transaction shall be entered into unless the preliminary report has been submitted to and approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, as set forth in subsection b. of this section.

d. The State Treasurer shall, within 60 days after completing a structured financing agreement, submit a final report prepared pursuant to this section to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee and a copy of the final report to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.

e. A final report for a structured financing agreement shall include a detailed explanation of the terms of the structured financing agreement including, but not limited to, the investor’s obligations, the State assets, the amount of the State receipt, transaction charges and service agreements entered into as part of the structured financing transaction and the names of the parties to those agreements and those persons providing the services of counsel, financial advisors, payment bank, rating agencies, trustee, credit enhancement, liquidity facility; and the fees charged for those services.

L.1999,c.157,s.6.