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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session
lending; credit support programs; report
Purpose
Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) to prepare a report for the prior fiscal year that includes outlined information relating to lending programs and credit support programs.
Background
By June 30 of each year ADOA must ascertain and record all issues of bonds, certificates of participation or other securities issued for a term longer than one year by a state, county, or other political subdivision. The record must contain outlined information, including dates of the bonds, certificates of participation and any other information required by ADOA. The report relating to the issuance of bonds and securities must be filed within 60 days of the issuance and include outlined information. ADOA must provide the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 15 of each year. The report must include an analysis of any outstanding indebtedness and the relationship of the indebtedness to the appropriate constitutional debt limitations (A.R.S. § 35-501).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires ADOA to prepare a report for the prior fiscal year that includes:
a) a list of each lending program and credit support program and the authority for each program;
b) the total amount of all monies offered pursuant to lending programs;
c) the total amount of all monies guaranteed or provided as credit enhancements pursuant to credit support programs; and
d) an estimate of the cost of likely defaults on lending programs and credit support programs.
2. Requires ADOA to use equivalent private market debt to evaluate the likelihood and cost of defaults, if practicable.
3. Defines credit support program as any program operated by the state or a public body that is entirely controlled or funded by the state, that guarantees or provides a credit enhancement.
4. Defines lending program as any program operated by the state or a public body that is entirely controlled or funded by the state and offers monies to a private party or a political subdivision with the expectation that the borrowing party will repay the monies.
5. Requires ADOA to include the outlined information relating to lending programs and credit support programs in the annual report provided to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
6. Designates this legislation as the Arizona State Lending Transparency Act.
7. Make technical and conforming changes.
8. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 8, 2021
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