Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 17. STATE FINANCE

CHAPTER 6. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS

Part 8. Montana Housing InfrastructureRevolving Loan Fund

Financing -- Deed Restrictions

17-6-805. Financing -- deed restrictions. (1) The board of investments may make loans from the account established in 17-6-801 to an eligible government unit as defined in 17-5-1604 or an applicant for residential development to cover the costs of demolition or expanding or extending water, wastewater, storm water, street, road, curb, gutter, and sidewalk infrastructure to serve new or rehabilitated residential development.

(2) The board of investments may purchase up to 50% of a bond or other security issued in accordance with state law by an eligible government unit as defined in 17-5-1604 to cover all or a portion of costs of expanding or extending water, wastewater, storm water, street, road, curb, gutter, and sidewalk infrastructure to serve new or rehabilitated residential development at an interest rate to be determined by the board of investments as an investment of the account established in 17-6-801.

(3) The board of investments shall:

(a) establish the terms and conditions of the loan, including the interest rate of the loan, with a term not to exceed 20 years;

(b) if an eligible government unit is the entity seeking a loan or issuing a bond or other security, require that the eligible government unit waive all impact fees for the developer or the amount of impact fees up to the amount of the loan or bond or other security, whichever amount is smaller;

(c) if an applicant for residential development is the entity seeking a loan, require that the applicant pay all impact fees due to the local government or the amount of impact fees up to the amount of the loan, whichever amount is smaller; and

(d) set policy requiring that housing built using infrastructure funded in part by a security pursuant to this section must provide for provisions to preserve long-term affordability of the housing that runs with the property for the term of the security.

(4) The board of investments shall include the amounts loaned and the status of all loans in the report required in 17-5-1650.

History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 774, L. 2023.