LD 1409
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Page 3 of 7 An Act To Update the Process for the Allocation of the State Ceiling on Tax-exe... Page 5 of 7
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are likely to benefit from the discounts and any other
disclosures pursuant to guidelines established by the
Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Office of Consumer
Credit Regulation for the issuance of education loans that
would benefit from an allocation of the state ceiling.__The
Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Office of Consumer
Credit Regulation shall jointly adopt, to the extent
allowed by law, rules to carry out the provisions of this
paragraph by establishing uniform disclosure requirements
and sanctions for noncompliance.__Rules adopted pursuant to
this paragraph are routine technical rules, as defined in
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.__All information
provided to the appropriate agencies within the Department
of Professional and Financial Regulation must include the
source of the information and the basis for any
projections.

 
B.__All education loans made under the federal Higher
Education Act of 1965, 20 United States Code, Chapter 28
that are purchased with proceeds of tax-exempt bonds using
a portion of the state ceiling on private activity bonds
must be guaranteed by the state agency designated as
administrator of federal guaranteed student loan programs
pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 417, subchapter 1;
however, this requirement does not apply to serial loans
of a borrower that are guaranteed by a different guarantee
agency and acquired or financed with tax-exempt bond
proceeds prior to the effective date of this paragraph.__
The state agency designated as administrator of federal
guaranteed student loan programs pursuant to Title 20-A,
chapter 417, subchapter 1 shall use its best efforts to
provide competitive rates for the guarantee function.

 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §11407, as amended by PL 1999, c. 728, §11 and
affected by §§20 and 21, is further amended to read:

 
§11407. Authorization for Governor to request organizations to

 
acquire loan notes

 
To the extent and for the purposes contemplated by the
federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Section 103(e), as
amended, and successor provisions thereto, including without
limitation the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section
150(d), as amended, the Governor may on behalf of the State
request the organization of one or more nonprofit corporations
to operate exclusively for the purpose of acquiring student
loan notes incurred under the federal Higher Education Act of
1965, 20 United States Code, Chapter 28, Title IV, Part B, as
amended. Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, if
a nonprofit corporation formed under this section does not
comply with the requirements of this section, the The Governor
may request on


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