TITLE agriculture

Part I. Texas Department of Agriculture

Chapter 30. Texas Agricultural Finance Authority: Young Farmer Loan Guarantee Program

Subchapter C. Interest Reduction Program Rules

4 TAC §§30.60-30.63

The Board of Directors of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority (the Authority) of the Texas Department of Agriculture adopts new §§30.60-30.63, concerning the interest reduction program for the Young Farmer Loan Guarantee Program, without changes to the proposal published in the September 25, 1998, issue of the Texas Register (23 TexReg 9673). The new sections are adopted to implement an interest reduction program for loans guaranteed under the Authority's Young Farmer Loan Guarantee program, as authorized by the Texas Agriculture Code, §253.002(e). The new sections establish requirements and procedures for participation in the interest reduction program, including criteria for eligible participants, the rate and method of paying and to whom the interest reduction payment will be submitted, and criteria for borrower and lender participation in the program.

No comments were received on the proposal.

The new sections are adopted under the Texas Agriculture Code (the Code), 253.007(e), which provides the Authority with the authority the to adopt rules for implementation of an interest reduction program for loans guaranteed under the Young Farmer Loan Guarantee Program.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 25, 1998.

TRD-9817982

Dolores Alvarado Hibbs

Deputy General Counsel

Texas Department of Agriculture

Effective date: December 15, 1998

Proposal publication date: September 25, 1998

For further information, please call: (512) 463-7541