Tex. Agriculture Code § 44.0045
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 44.0045, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 44.0045. MICROENTERPRISE SUPPORT PROGRAM LOANS.
Official statutory text
(a) The board shall administer a loan program supporting established and proposed microenterprises in rural areas by providing loans to expand, modernize, or otherwise improve established microenterprises and to begin operation of proposed microenterprises.
(b) An applicant applying on behalf of a proposed microenterprise may receive a loan of up to $25,000 to begin operation of the microenterprise.
(c) An applicant applying on behalf of an established microenterprise may receive a loan of up to $50,000 to expand, modernize, or otherwise improve an established operation.
(d) The board may reserve a portion of the total fund for use in cooperative loan programs established with the participation of other public or private lenders.
(b) An applicant applying on behalf of a proposed microenterprise may receive a loan of up to $25,000 to begin operation of the microenterprise.
(c) An applicant applying on behalf of an established microenterprise may receive a loan of up to $50,000 to expand, modernize, or otherwise improve an established operation.
(d) The board may reserve a portion of the total fund for use in cooperative loan programs established with the participation of other public or private lenders.
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