§ 4-31-110. Bonds and notes issued under § 4-31-109 -- Limitations.

TN Code § 4-31-110 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Prior to the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to § 4-31-109, the industrial development authority shall file with the authority a certificate to the effect that the pollution control facilities to be financed from the proceeds of such bonds or notes constitute pollution control facilities as defined in this chapter, and that assisting the small business concern in financing such pollution control facilities is in furtherance of the public purpose of abating or controlling pollution in the state.

(b) Such certificate by an officer of the industrial development authority shall be conclusive evidence that the pollution control facilities to be financed from the proceeds of such bonds or notes are pollution control facilities that may properly be financed from the proceeds of such bonds or notes.

(c) No bonds or notes shall be authorized by the authority under § 4-31-109 to provide moneys to assist a small business concern in financing pollution control facilities, unless the aforementioned certificate by an officer of the industrial development authority shall have been filed with the authority, and the authority shall receive evidence, as it deems sufficient, that the payments of all moneys by such small business concern that are due under the small business financing agreement entered into by such small business concern and the authority have been guaranteed by the small business administration of the United States under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. § 631 et seq.), and Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. § 661 et seq.), or otherwise.