Review of Qualified Conduit Debt Transactions Involving Derivative Financial Products; with

Guarantee (1) With respect to any proposed Derivative Financial Products that are related to a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction, the Board's review of such transaction shall be limited to confirming that the transaction constitutes a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction. (2) In order to request a review of any Derivative Financial Products that are related to a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction, a State Entity Authorized to Issue Debt must submit the following items to the Board prior to such Derivative Financial Product being executed: (a) A written description of the proposed Derivative Financial Product transaction(s), including: the parties involved; the schedule; the amount; the security (including any guarantor of payment obligations); and terms. (b) A certification of bond counsel to the proposed transaction confirming that the transaction constitutes a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction pursuant to 976 CMR 2.06. Not later than five business days following receipt of the material submitted in connection with any Derivative Financial Product related to a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction, the Secretary of the Board will contact the State Entity Authorized to Issue Debt in writing (which may be by e-mail) to either: 1. confirm that, based on the materials provided under 976 CMR 2.00, the transaction constitutes a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction and either no public funds are at risk in the transaction or the amount of guarantee, if any, is equal to or less than the threshold amount in 976 CMR 2.06(3); or 2. notify the State Entity Authorized to Issue Debt that the materials submitted were incomplete or that they fail to demonstrate that the transaction constitutes a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction. (3) With respect to any proposed Derivative Financial Products that are related to a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction with Guarantee, the Board's review of such transaction shall be the same as the review of Qualified Conduit Debt Transactions Involving Derivative Financial Products as described in 976 CMR 2.06(2), provided that the governing board of the related State Entity Authorized to Issue Debt has delegated authority to its staff to extend such guarantee without further approval based on an established threshold dollar value and/or risk rating of such guarantee as may be determined by the governing board from time to time, or provided that the guarantee is not greater than $1 million. (a) With respect to any proposed Derivative Financial Products that are related to a Qualified Conduit Debt Transaction with Guarantee which does not meet the criteria in 976 CMR 2.06, the Board's review of such transaction shall be the same as review of financial transactions involving Derivative Financial Products as described in 976 CMR 2.05. (b) A State Entity Authorized to Issue Debt that issues Qualified Conduit Debt Transactions With Guarantee must submit a periodic (but at least quarterly) report of its guarantee programs (Guarantee Program Report). The Guarantee Program Report shall include, but not be limited to: the number and dollar amount of outstanding guarantees by segregated guarantee program and the change in the number and dollar amount of such guarantees from the prior reporting period; the number and dollar amount of guarantees paid during the reporting period with an explanation of the circumstances surrounding such payments. The Board, in its sole discretion, may request further information about the guarantee program.