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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-1801" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Capital Access Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Borrower” means a business that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>qualifies as a small business under the U.S. Small Business Administration size standards;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>applies to a lender for business financing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has fewer than 50 employees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Lender” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a credit union, as defined in § 1–101 of the Financial Institutions Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a financial institution, as defined in § 1–101 of the Financial Institutions Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a community development financial institution as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 4702(5).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Program” means the Capital Access Program established under § 5–1802 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
