§12-6-19. Authorization for loans by the board.
(a) The board, upon request of the state building commission, shall transfer moneys as a loan to the state building commission in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $21,000,000 for the purposes of financing or refinancing the projects specified in subsections (b) and (d), section eight, article six, chapter five of this code. The money borrowed shall bear interest during the term of the loan at a fixed rate not to exceed the interest rate on treasury notes, bills or bonds of the same term as the term of the loan the week of closing on the loan as reported by the treasury of the United States. Loans made under this subsection shall be repaid in regular monthly or semiannual payments, or as funds are made available by the budget office of department of administration, and shall be paid in full not later than twenty-five years from the date the loans are made with terms and conditions mutually agreed upon by the state building commission and the investment management board.
(b) The state investment management board shall upon request of the state building commission transfer moneys as a loan to the state building commission in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $137,000,000 for the purposes of financing construction of regional jails, correctional facilities or building extensions or improvements to regional jails and correctional facilities. Prior to the expenditure of any loan proceeds, the regional jail and correctional facility authority shall certify a list of projects to the state building commission and the joint committee on government and finance that shall be funded from loan proceeds. This certified list cannot thereafter be altered or amended other than by legislative enactment. The state building commission shall borrow money as needed by the regional jail and correctional facility authority. The investment management board shall transfer loan proceeds to the authority for expenditure. The money borrowed shall bear interest during the term of the loan at a fixed rate not to exceed the interest rate on treasury notes, bills or bonds of the same term as the term of the loan the week of closing on the loan as reported by the treasury of the United States.
(c) The regional jail and correctional facility authority shall expend the loan proceeds received under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section to proceed with the projects included in the letter submitted to the joint committee on government and finance dated January 15, 1997: Provided, That the letter shall not be construed to prioritize any project or projects which are included in the letter: Provided, however, That the authority may also expend loan proceeds for any expansion to any existing regional jail or any expansion to a regional jail under construction upon the effective date of this section.
(d) Loans made under this section for the projects specified in subsection (b) of this section and in subsection (d), section eight, article six, chapter five of this code, shall be repaid in annual payments of not less than $12,000,000 per year by appropriation of the Legislature to the board. The amount transferred for loans under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall not exceed that amount which the board determines is reasonable given the cash flow needs of the consolidated fund. The board shall make transfers for loans first for the project specified in subsection (d), section eight, article six, chapter five of this code, second for the projects specified in subsection (b) of this section and third for projects specified in subsection (b), section eight, article six, chapter five of this code, which are in imminent danger of default in payment. The board shall take the steps necessary to increase the liquidity of the consolidated fund over a period of the next five years to allow for the loans provided in this section without increasing the risk of loss in the consolidated fund.
