La. Admin. Code tit. 19, § VII-2709 - Qualification for an Award

A. Applications for awards may be made in phases that are representative of the applicant's overall business plan and design. The application shall state whether or not funds are sought for a phase of operation, or whether it represents the total amount sought by the applicant from the fund.

B. Each application must set forth the following:

1. the establishment or plan for establishment of the subsidiary investment entity;

2. the hiring or plan for hiring, including qualifications, of the chief executive officer of the subsidiary entity;

3. the establishment or plan for establishment of an Investment Advisory Board, including qualifications of its members and scope of its authority;

4. the hiring or plan for hiring, including qualifications of an investment fund manager;

5. a preliminary business plan for the subsidiary entity, including therein a plan for statewide inclusion and coordination of the economic development of technology transfer initiatives;

6. the amount of funding being sought by the applicant, and if phased, the total amount of funding that the applicant anticipates will be sought;

7. the goals and objectives of the funding, and the performance measures to be met by the applicant in order to obtain the funding.

C. Depending upon the nature of the funding being sought, applications for funding shall include goals, objectives and performance measures that to the satisfaction of the department and the LEDC, provide for the following:

1. the amount of funding being sought by the applicant;

2. the business plan of the applicant and the relationship between the funding sought and the plan;

3. the minimum and maximum total amount of capital to be raised including the commitment by the state as evidenced by the funding for which the application is being made and a timetable for raising funds and including goals and objectives for funding and milestones for completion of raising capital;

4. the plan for cluster development, proposed markets for the use of the funds sought, the industry and business development sought by the fund and any new areas for development of the funding; specific involvement of the appropriate department cluster directors in the formation of the plan is recommended;

5. the plan for technology commercialization and transfer and/or the commercialization and transfer of other University-based research that will be implemented through use of the funds;

6. the proposed market of the applicant including the types of businesses that the fund will finance, the extent to which the fund intends to specialize in certain industries, or if special circumstances will be addressed;

7. a survey of the possible avenues of rural development; actual and potential uses of the fund in enhancing the quality of life in the areas of the state most affected by poverty;

8. financing instruments that are intended to be utilized for investments, e.g., debentures, notes, preferred stock, royalties, etc., and a plan reflecting flexibility and adjustment to economic opportunity that may arise from the use of the funds;

9. whether applicant anticipates taking in all of the committed capital investment at closing, or whether applicant plans a phase in. If a phase-in is planned, specify the proposed schedule. It is permissible to have different scenarios based on the actual amount of capital raised;

10. applicant's plans for the fund to provide management and/or technical assistance to companies for which the fund provides financing;

11. plans and procedures for monitoring its financing, and enforcing provisions of loan or investment agreements and the handling of problem loans and investments;

12. plans for the management of any idle funds, long-term plans and strategies for providing a tangible return to the investors, and relevant tax and accounting issues for the fund.

Notes

La. Admin. Code tit. 19, § VII-2709

Promulgated by the Department of Economic Development, Office of Business Development, Louisiana Economic Development Corporation, LR 29:2635 (December 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 51:2312.