(a) The authority shall establish a loss reserve account for each financial institution with which the authority enters into a contract.

(b) The loss reserve account for a financial institution shall consist of moneys deposited by the authority and, as applicable, deposited by the qualified borrowers, the financial institution, or any other source.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the authority may establish and maintain loss reserve accounts, as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 94157, with any financial institution under any policies the authority may adopt.

(d) All moneys in a loss reserve account established pursuant to this article are the exclusive property of, and solely controlled by, the authority. Interest or income earned on moneys credited to the loss reserve account shall be deemed to be part of the loss reserve account. The authority may withdraw from the loss reserve account all, or a portion of, the interest or other income that has been credited to the loss reserve account. Any withdrawal made pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the sole purpose of offsetting costs associated with carrying out the program, including administrative costs and loss reserve account contributions.

(e) The combined amount to be deposited by the financial institution into any individual loss reserve account over a three-year period, in connection with any single qualified borrower, shall be not more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 816, Sec. 2. (AB 2377) Effective January 1, 2015.)