CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY (§ 2.2-2285)

The Authority is granted all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and
effectuate its purposes including, but not limited to, the following powers to:

   1.  Have perpetual existence as a public body corporate and as a political
   subdivision of the Commonwealth;

   2.  Adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent
   with this article, to regulate its affairs and to carry into effect the powers
   and the purposes of the Authority and for the conduct of its business;

   3.  Sue and be sued in its name including but not limited to bringing actions
   pursuant to Article 6 (§ 15.2-2650 et seq.) of Chapter 26 of Title 15.2 to
   determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of its bonds under
   this article and the legality and validity of all proceedings previously taken
   or proposed in a resolution of the Authority to be taken for the
   authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of such bonds and for the payment
   of the principal thereof and interest thereon;

   4.  Have an official seal and alter it at will;

   5.  Maintain an office at such place within the Commonwealth as it may
   designate;

   6.  Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary and
   convenient for the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers
   under this article upon such terms and conditions it deems appropriate;

   7.  Employ office personnel, advisers, consultants, professionals and agents
   as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;

   8.  Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and
   other assets, including but not limited to loans in such amounts and from such
   insurers as it deems advisable;

   9.  Borrow money and issue bonds as provided by this article;

   10.  Procure insurance or guarantees from any public or private entities,
   including any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States of
   America, or, subject to the provisions of and to the extent moneys are
   available in the fund created by § 2.2-2290, insure or guarantee the payment
   of any bonds issued by the Authority, including the power to pay premiums on
   any such insurance or guarantees or other instruments of indebtedness;

   11.  Receive and accept from any source aid or contributions of money,
   property, labor or other things of value to be held, used and applied to carry
   out the purposes of this article (subject, however, to any conditions upon
   which grants or contributions are made) including, but not limited to gifts or
   grants from any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States;

   12.  Enter into agreements with any department, agency or instrumentality of
   the United States or of the Commonwealth and with lenders and enter into loans
   with contracting parties for the purpose of planning, regulating and providing
   for the financing or assisting in the financing of any eligible business or
   any project thereof;

   13.  Enter into contracts or agreements with lenders for the servicing and/or
   processing of loans;

   14.  Provide technical assistance to local industrial development authorities
   and to profit and nonprofit entities in the development or operation by, or
   assistance to, persons engaged in small business enterprises and distribute
   data and information concerning the encouragement and improvement of small
   business enterprises in the Commonwealth;

   15.  To the extent permitted in the proceedings pursuant to which the bonds of
   the Authority are issued, consent to any modification with respect to the rate
   of interest, time for, and payment of, any installment of principal or
   interest, or any other term of any contract, loan, sales contract, lease,
   indenture or agreement of any kind to which the Authority is a party;

   16.  To the extent permitted in the proceedings pursuant to which the bonds of
   the Authority are issued, enter into contracts with any lender containing
   provisions authorizing the lender to reduce the charges or fees, exclusive of
   loan payments, to persons unable to pay the regular schedule thereof when, by
   reason of other income or payment by any department, agency or instrumentality
   of the United States or the Commonwealth, the reduction can be made without
   jeopardizing the economic stability of the eligible business being financed;

   17.  Allocate any of its property to the insurance or guarantee fund
   established by § 2.2-2290 or to any other fund of the Authority, such
   property consisting of:
               
               
               
               
            

      a.  Moneys appropriated by the Commonwealth;

      b.  Premiums, fees and any other amounts received by the Authority with
      respect to financial assistance provided by the Authority;

      c.  Proceeds as designated by the Authority from the loan or other
      disposition of property held or acquired by the Authority;

      d.  Income from investments that were made by the Authority or on the behalf
      of the Authority from moneys in one or more of its funds; or

      e.  Any other moneys made available to the Authority consistent with this
      article;

   18.  Use any fund of the Authority for any and all expenses to be paid by the
   Authority including, but not limited to: (i) any and all expenses for
   administrative, legal, actuarial, and other services; (ii) all costs, charges,
   fees and expenses of the Authority relating to the authorizing, preparing,
   printing, selling, issuing, and insuring of bonds and the funding of reserves;
   and (iii) all expenses and costs relating to the guaranteeing, insuring or
   procurement of guarantees, insurance or other instruments providing credit or
   the enhancement of credit for the bonds;

   19.  Collect fees and charges the Authority determines to be reasonable in
   connection with its loans, insurance, guarantees, commitments and servicing
   thereof;

   20.  Sell, at public or private sale, with or without public bidding, any
   obligation held by the Authority;

   21.  Invest any funds not needed for immediate disbursement, including any
   funds held in reserve, in any obligations or securities that may be legally
   purchased by political subdivisions in the Commonwealth or as may be otherwise
   permitted by § 2.2-2305;

   22.  Administer the Private Activity Bonds program in Chapter 50 (§ 15.2-5000
   et seq.) of Title 15.2 jointly with the Director of the Department of Housing
   and Community Development and the Virginia Housing Development Authority;

   23.  Create and establish such funds and accounts as may be necessary or
   desirable for its purposes;

   24.  Enter into agreements the purpose of which is to authorize lenders that
   have been designated as preferred lenders to undertake loan decisioning and
   processing functions and responsibilities with respect to certain Authority
   guaranteed loans without obtaining prior Authority approval. Under such
   agreements, the Authority will provide each preferred lender credit authority
   equal to an amount determined by the Authority, or an amount equal to the
   funds available for such guarantees, whichever is less, for the period
   designated in the allocation. The preferred lender’s allocation of
   credit authority shall be increased only by written permission of the
   Authority and shall not be restored automatically by the receipt of payments
   on Authority loans; and

   25.  Take any action necessary or convenient for the exercise of the powers
   granted by this article or reasonably implied from them.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 749, §§ 9-205, 9-228; 1995, c. 128; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c.
339; 2005, c. 624; 2008, cc. 445, 744.