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HB 1665 Financing of clean energy programs; development of optional underwriting guidelines.

Introduced by: J. Randall Minchew | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Financing of clean energy programs; development of optional underwriting guidelines. Expands the requirements of a local ordinance authorizing contracts to provide loans for clean energy improvements. The bill adds water efficiency improvements to the list of improvements for which loans may be offered; allows a locality to contract with a third party to administer the loan program; and requires a locality to identify any administrative fee it intends to impose on participants and sets parameters for the imposition of that fee. The bill also details the priority, enforceability, and other characteristics of the lien, now called a voluntary special assessment lien, that a locality is permitted to place against the property where the clean energy systems are installed. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) to develop optional underwriting guidelines for local loans made to finance clean energy improvements. The bill requires DMME to finalize the guidelines by December 1, 2015, incorporating input from certain groups representing real estate; banking, including community banking; energy efficiency; and other interests or industries and evaluating certain specific criteria.


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