Additional conditions for loan approval; maximum term and amount of loan. (1) The Oregon Business Development Department may approve an entrepreneurial development loan under ORS 285B.740 to 285B.758 if, after investigation, it finds that

ORS 285B.749 — under Chapter 285B.

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(a) The loan has a reasonable prospect of repayment from cash flow and collateral and is secured by good and sufficient collateral; and

(b) The applicant provides equity funds for the project in the form of cash or property in an amount equal to or greater than:

(A) Fifteen percent of the amount of the project proceeds used for working capital and equipment; or

(B) Ten percent of the amount of the project proceeds used to acquire real property.

(2) The department shall determine the amount of the initial loan and any subsequent loan to a borrower from the Oregon Entrepreneurial Development Loan Fund. The total of all loans to any borrower from the fund may not exceed $1 million.

(3) Entrepreneurial development loans shall be made for a term that does not exceed 10 years at a rate of interest that does not exceed 18 percent per annum. [1991 c.688 §9; 1997 c.147 §6; 2007 c.804 §39; 2009 c.830 §133; 2010 c.106 §§4,8; 2011 c.558 §5; 2014 c.3 §3; 2020 s.s.2 c.10 §§26,27; 2022 c.2 §4]