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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 05.04.11.03" title_num="05" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="11" heading="Eligible Sponsors.">
  <text>Sponsors shall meet all of the following requirements to qualify for a loan:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Be a nonprofit organization;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Be in good standing and be qualified to do business in Maryland;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Have all necessary legal and corporate authority to incur the obligations of the loan;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Either:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be licensed to operate the project by the appropriate State agency, to the extent required by State law; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Enter into a management agreement acceptable to the Administration, with a manager acceptable to the Administration that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is licensed to operate the project by the appropriate State agency, to the extent required by State law, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meets the requirements of §§A, B, E, F and G of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Either:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have a contract, acceptable to the Administration, with a State agency or county government; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have a management agreement acceptable to the Administration with a manager acceptable to the Administration who has a contract as described in §E(1) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Demonstrate:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Financial credibility and stability,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The capability to undertake the project, and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The ability to manage the project as evidenced by at least 2 years of prior management of the project or comparable projects; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the case of a manager acceptable to the Administration, with whom the borrower has a management agreement acceptable to the Administration, the ability of the manager to manage the project as evidenced by at least 2 years of prior management of the project or comparable project;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Not be under an order suspending or debarring the sponsor from participating in the Department's programs under COMAR 05.01.05, or under any similar order from any other State or federal agency; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Not have defaulted under a Department or other governmental loan.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>