17-5-1316. Allocations by the department. - Montana Statutes

     17-5-1316. Allocations by the department. (1) The department shall administer the allocation of state's volume cap bonds to issuers in accordance with this section and 17-5-1312. Applications for an allocation for each issue of bonds must be made to the department in an acceptable form and, if applicable, must contain the following:
     (a) the name of the issuer;
     (b) a description of the purpose or purposes for which the proceeds of the state's volume cap bonds will be used, including, if appropriate, a description of the project or projects to be financed;
     (c) the location of the project or projects;
     (d) the name and address of each project owner and user;
     (e) a certified copy of the inducement resolution adopted or official action taken by the issuer, pursuant to the tax act, approving the project or the purpose and granting preliminary authorization for the issuance of the state's volume cap bonds;
     (f) the preliminary opinion of a qualified bond counsel stating that the proposed purpose for which the state's volume cap bonds are to be issued qualifies under applicable state law and the tax act and that the interest on the bonds is not taxable as gross income for purposes of federal income taxation;
     (g) evidence that all public hearing requirements concerning the proposed purpose and project have been met;
     (h) a copy of a letter from an underwriter, bank, or other financial institution certifying that in its opinion the proposed financing is feasible, that the state's volume cap bonds may be successfully sold under current market conditions, and that it has reviewed all of the information necessary to form its opinion;
     (i) the amount of allocation requested; and
     (j) such other information as the department considers necessary.
     (2) The department shall issue allocations in chronological order of the receipt of completed applications. Completed applications received by the department on the same day must be ranked according to the earliest inducement resolution or official action date.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 190, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 32, L. 2001.