(a) The executive director of the department shall authorize the comptroller to disburse to a local government from the housing rehabilitation loan fund the amount of a housing rehabilitation loan approved by the local government under this chapter if the department receives from the local government a notice of the local government’s approval of the loan.
(b) The executive director may not authorize the disbursement of funds for a housing rehabilitation loan if:
(1) the department finds that the local government that approved the loan is not making a good faith effort to substantially comply with the applicable housing rehabilitation area plan or the rules adopted by the department; or
(2) the remaining part of the fund allocated to the local government under Section 2304.008 is insufficient to allow the payment of the approved amount.