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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 05.13.04.10" title_num="05" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="04" heading="Eligible Loans.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following types of loans are eligible loans under the Program:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Loans for industrial or commercial purposes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Loans to refinance loans made for the purposes in §A(1) of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Loans for line of credit agreements established between the lender and the borrower that are used for the purposes in §A(1) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Eligible loans shall meet the following criteria:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The lender has not made the loan to enroll in the Program a prior debt that is not covered under the Program and that is or was owed by the borrower to the lender;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The proceeds of the loan will not be used for a project or development devoted to housing, except as provided under Regulation .11C of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The proceeds of the loan will not be used to finance passive real estate ownership; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The proceeds of the loan will not be used for any of the following businesses or uses:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Adult bookstore, adult video shop, or other adult entertainment facility,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Check-cashing facility,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>College or university,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Community hall,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Fire station,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Gambling facility,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Hospital,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Liquor store,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Massage parlor,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Multi-family or single-family housing development including the development of rental properties other than mixed use projects permitted under COMAR 05.13.01.06A(10),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Nursing home,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Passive real estate ownership,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Pawn or gun shop,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(n)">
        <text>Tanning salon, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(o)">
        <text>Tattoo parlor.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The proceeds of an eligible loan may not be used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in connection with the design, acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used as a place of sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program or department of divinity for any religious denomination, including but not limited to religious services, religious instruction, or other activities that have an explicitly religious content.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An eligible loan may provide for an interest rate, fees, security, and other terms and conditions agreed to by the lender and the borrower. If the loan amount to be borrowed is determined by a commitment agreement that establishes a line of credit, the amount of the loan is the maximum amount available to the borrower under the agreement.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>