Section 18.26.260. Issuance and guarantee of Alaska Medical Facility Authority bonds.

   (a) There is established as a separate account in the authority the medical facilities special bond guarantee account.  The medical facilities special bond guarantee account consists of money disbursed to it by the commissioner of revenue. The assets of the medical facilities special bond guarantee account may be pledged to guarantee bonds or bond anticipation notes of the authority issued under (b) of this section.
   (b) If the commissioner of revenue and the board jointly determine that a medical facility is unable to use traditional private or public financial institutions to refinance mortgage loans and that it is in the public interest to make refinancing available,
        (1) the authority may provide financial assistance and purchase mortgage loans made to the medical facility and may issue bonds or bond anticipation notes under this chapter to provide money for the purchase of the mortgage loans or to provide the financial assistance; and
        (2) the commissioner of revenue may disburse to the medical facilities special bond guarantee account money appropriated to the commissioner for the account which the commissioner determines to be necessary to guarantee bonds or bond anticipation notes issued under (1) of this subsection.
   (c) Before entering into an agreement under (a) of this section to provide guarantees for bonds or bond anticipation notes issued or to be issued under (b) of this section, the commissioner of revenue shall determine that arrangements have been made to protect the interests of the state in the medical facilities special bond guarantee account.

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History

(Sec. 1 ch 67 SLA 1981)