PERMANENT RULES
FACILITIES AUTHORITY
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Chapter 253-02 WAC, the authority is amending WAC 253-02-010 to reflect the recodification of chapter 34.04 RCW and WAC 253-02-050 to update the technology available for authority meetings and to clarify the requirements for quorum and authority action.
Chapter 253-16 WAC, the amendments to WAC 253-16-010 clarify the purpose of the chapter and require the authority to adopt guidance policies. Amendments to WAC 253-16-040 clarify the annual fees for applicants and eliminate references to specific fees. The amendments to WAC 253-16-050 and the repeal of WAC 253-16-060 and 253-16-070 streamline the application review and acceptance process. The amendments to WAC 253-16-090 streamline the selection process of underwriters for authority bonds.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 253-16-060 and 253-16-070; and amending WAC 253-02-010, 253-02-050, 253-16-010, 253-16-040, 253-16-050, and 253-16-090.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.07.040(1).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-09-082 on April 20, 2010.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 6, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 6, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 15, 2010.
Paul R. Edwards
Deputy Director
OTS-3080.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 3, filed 11/27/84)
WAC 253-02-010
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter
shall be to ensure compliance by the Washington higher
education facilities authority with the provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW (Initiative 276), and chapter ((34.04)) 34.05 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-02-010, filed 11/27/84.]
(2) Authority meetings: The meetings of the authority shall all be "regular" or "special meetings" as those designations are applied in chapter 42.30 RCW. They may be called at any time and place by the chairman or a majority of the members of the authority. Notice of all special meetings shall be given by delivering personally, or by mail, fax or electronic mail, to each member a written notice specifying the time and place of the meeting and a copy of the agenda prepared by the executive director in consultation with the chairman, and by giving such notice to the public as may be required by law. If an emergency is deemed to exist, the chairman may shorten the notice period to not less than twenty-four hours. An executive session may be called by the chairman or by a majority of all members of the authority to consider the appointment, employment or dismissal of an officer or employee, and such other matters as are permitted by RCW 42.30.110.
(3) Quorum: Four members shall constitute a quorum, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting, if there is a quorum, shall be deemed the act of the authority except as specified hereafter in subsection (7) of this section. Members participating in a meeting through the use of any means of communication by which all members participating can hear each other during the meeting shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting for all purposes.
(4) Chairperson's or secretary's voting rights: The chairperson or the chairperson's designee and the secretary shall have the right to vote on all matters before the authority, just as any other authority member.
(5) Minutes of meetings: Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of the authority.
(6) Rules of order: The authority shall generally follow Robert's Rules of Order, newly revised, in conducting its business meetings.
(7) Form of authority action: The authority may act on
the basis of a motion except when authorizing issuance of
bonds pursuant to WAC 253-16-070 and when otherwise taking
official and formal action with respect to the creation of
special funds and the issuance and sale of bonds for a project
of a participant, in which case the authority shall act by
resolution. Such resolutions shall be adopted upon the
affirmative vote of ((a majority of the)) four or more members
of the authority and shall be signed by a majority of the
members of the authority. Motions shall be adopted upon the
affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of members present
at any meeting. All bonds and coupons shall bear either the
manual or the facsimile signatures of the governor and
executive director.
(8) Public participation. The presiding officer may grant permission to any person or organization to make a presentation at any of the authority's public meetings. The presiding officer may limit any remarks addressed to the authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 95-19-025, § 253-02-050, filed 9/11/95, effective 10/12/95; 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-02-050, filed 11/27/84.]
OTS-3081.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 95-19-025, filed 9/11/95,
effective 10/12/95)
WAC 253-16-010
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter
shall be ((to establish fees for the authority's operations
and)) to set forth ((procedures relating to)) the principles
governing the authority's financing process and the
designation of underwriters and bond counsel. In addition,
the authority shall adopt policies to provide guidance to
applicants, authority staff and finance team.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 95-19-025, § 253-16-010, filed 9/11/95, effective 10/12/95; 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-16-010, filed 11/27/84.]
(2) Fee obligations of the applicants: An applicant shall submit with its application an initial remittance of: (a) A three thousand seven hundred fifty dollar fee which shall accompany each application for a bond anticipation note; or (b) a seven thousand five hundred dollar fee which shall accompany all other applications for assistance. The authority shall, in its discretion make the final determination whether any application is for a bond anticipation note. The applicant shall pay such fees and charges as they are billed to it from time to time by the authority. These expenses may be reimbursed to the applicants from the bond proceeds if financing is consummated. In addition, the application shall contain an appropriate legal commitment to indemnify the authority against any expenses or costs incurred by it in connection with the processing of the applicant's application and the completion of any project or plan and system subsequently approved and undertaken by the authority, as well as to pay the authority an annual service fee to defray expenses of the authority in administering and servicing the financing provided to the applicant and other allocable expenses of the authority, which annual fee shall be imposed so long as financing is being provided by the authority to the applicant.
(3) Refund of excess fees: The authority may from time to time, at its discretion refund any surplus fees paid or deposited by an applicant or participant which the authority believes exceeds the actual application-processing expenses and authority-determined pro rata administrative and operating costs of the authority.
(4))) by motion. Authority fee schedules shall be contained in the authority's policies.
(2) All the costs and expenses of the authority shall be paid from fees assessed pursuant to this section. No moneys of the state of Washington shall be expended for such purposes.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-16-040, filed 11/27/84.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-16-050, filed 11/27/84.]
(2) Any underwriter may apply to have its name placed on
the roster. Each underwriter placed on the roster must be
able to demonstrate current competence and experience in the
structuring and sale of higher educational facility bond
financing((. In addition the underwriter must meet the
following minimum standards:
(a) The firm must have a minimum equity capital of five million dollars; and
(b) The firm must currently possess the competence and
ability to underwrite a higher education facility bond issue))
by demonstrating, among other things((, that)):
(a) The firm or ((it's)) its key underwriting personnel
have either managed or comanaged two higher educational
facility bond issues within the last three calendar years;
((or
(c) The firm has served as a credit facility for a higher education facility within the past three years; or)) and
(((d))) (b) The firm meets other criteria as the
authority may adopt from time to time which establish a firms
ability to prepare for issuance, underwrite and market bonds
to be issued by the authority.
(3)(a) As permitted by RCW 28B.07.130(2), the authority
may adopt rules permitting applicants to select an underwriter
in lieu of the authority. Whenever the ((authority))
applicant decides that it needs the services of an
underwriter, it shall provide all underwriters on the roster
with a notice of its intentions and shall invite each of them
to submit to the ((authority)) applicant an itemization of its
fees and other charges for providing underwriting services on
the issue. The ((authority)) applicant shall have wide
discretion in selecting the underwriter it considers to be
most appropriate to provide the services, but in the exercise
of this discretion the ((authority)) applicant shall consider
the underwriter's fees and other charges and the public
interest in achieving issuance of bonds on terms most
favorable to the authority and the applicant.
(((b) The applicant may, at its option, exercise the
notice and selection procedures regarding underwriters set
forth in (a) of this subsection. In such circumstances)) The
applicant shall supply the authority with written verification
that it has complied with the provisions of (((a) of)) this
subsection and the applicant shall obtain the authority's
prior approval of the actual selection of the underwriter.
(((4)(a) To provide balanced management knowledge and
sale distribution and to assure the most realistic bond terms
and interest, the authority reserves the right to name
investment banking firms as comanagers of any authority bond
issue(s)in the same manner that a senior manager is selected.
(5) For private placements)) (b) Whenever an applicant intends to select an underwriter pursuant to competitive bidding, the applicant, with the consent of the executive director, shall solicit bids notifying each underwriter on the roster of underwriters.
(4) Whenever an applicant intends to privately place
bonds, the applicant((s)) may select a firm as placement agent
for its proposed financing, subject to review and approval by
the executive director of the authority. ((In every
instance,)) The placement agent selected must be able to
demonstrate a familiarity with, and competence and experience
in, the structuring and sale of higher education facility
bonds. ((The applicant shall notify the authority in writing
of its proposed placement agent selection fifteen days prior
to the date it intends to enter into a formal contractual
agreement. The authority will notify the applicant of its
acceptance or rejection of the applicant's placement agent
selection no later than ten days after receipt of the
applicant's notification. If rejected, the authority will set
forth the reasons for rejection, and the applicant will then
propose another placement agent subject to authority approval
in the same manner. The authority shall, in its discretion,
make the final determination whether an issue is a private
placement.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 95-19-025, § 253-16-090, filed 9/11/95, effective 10/12/95. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.07 RCW. 95-01-007, § 253-16-090, filed 12/8/94, effective 1/8/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.07.040. 87-01-035 (Order 1), § 253-16-090, filed 12/12/86; 84-24-012 (Order 3), § 253-16-090, filed 11/27/84.]
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
WAC 253-16-060 | Priorities regarding applicant funding. |
WAC 253-16-070 | Authority action on applications. |