(a) The bank may provide insurance or reinsurance of loans or portions thereof, or their debt service, including amounts payable as premiums of penalties in the event of mandatory or optional prepayment, made to finance a project, and to provide insurance or reinsurance or reserves, or portions thereof, or the yield therefrom, established to secure bonds issued to fund those loans or reserves.

(b) The bank may enter into or arrange agreements for insurance or reinsurance with users, mortgagors, lending institutions, insurers, and others, the bank being authorized to reinsure or cede risks to the insurers in any amounts as the bank may determine and the insurers, if otherwise authorized to reinsure or insure those risks in California, being hereby authorized to reinsure the bank or cede risks to the bank to the same extent as if the bank were a company authorized to reinsure or insure those risks.

(c) The bank may fix a rate or rates of premium for insurance or reinsurance, which need not be uniform, and may reflect any risks and classifications of risk as the bank determines to be reasonable.

(d) The bank may exercise those other powers as are necessary or incidental to insurance, reinsurance, and related matters.

(e) The bank shall make reasonable provisions for the security of loans made by the bank, and any insurance, reinsurance, and other financing arrangements negotiated by the bank.

(f) The insurance or reinsurance provided for by the bank shall not constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any subdivision of the state.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 4, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.)