OAR 123-135-0100
Subsidies and Waivers
(1)
The Department has the discretion to waive interest charges or provide interest rate subsidies in the form of rate reductions and may grant any other form of waiver or subsidy within its authority. The Department shall utilize its discretion to make available interest charge waivers or provide interest rate subsidies following financial evaluation of the complete application taking into consideration the relationship between the project and the needs of the local community; the availability and or leveraging of other sources of funding in the project; and after determining whether the incentive will result in a substantial public benefit.(2)
The department shall waive interest for all bridge loans. The department shall set an interest rate for a bridge loan at the time of application approval in the event the bridge loan becomes a term loan or is not repaid within the allowed time period.(3)
Applicants may request consideration for incentives in the Fund application. The Department shall rule on all incentive requests made in the Fund application at the time of application approval.(4)
Determination of whether or not a project will result in a substantial public benefit will be made on a case-by-case basis by the Department.(5)
The Department may waive non-statutory requirements of this program if it is demonstrated such a waiver would serve to further the goals and objectives of the program.
Source:
Rule 123-135-0100 — Subsidies and Waivers, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=123-135-0100.