Sec. 32-268. Eligibility.

      Sec. 32-268. Eligibility. To be eligible for a grant under section 32-267, a regional corporation shall:

      (1) Have available to it staff with sufficient expertise to analyze applications for financial assistance, to regularly monitor financial assistance to clients, and have made arrangements to provide management or technical assistance to clients;

      (2) Have an effective plan to market its services to small businesses through such entities as chambers of commerce, industry trade associations, banks, local development corporations, community-based organizations and industrial development agencies;

      (3) Have established a loan committee composed of five or more persons experienced in commercial lending or in the operation of a for-profit business and a staff person of the regional corporation. Such loan committee shall review every application to the regional corporation for financial assistance pursuant to sections 32-271 to 32-284, inclusive, shall determine the feasibility of the transaction proposed in the application and shall recommend to the board of directors or other governing body of the regional corporation such action as the committee deems appropriate.

      (P.A. 92-236, S. 9, 48.)