Section 85.47d - Guaranty capabilities of program - Terms of guaranty - Establishment of indemnity fundA. Subject to the restrictions of the Oklahoma Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Program Act, the Administrator, on application, may guarantee any surety which qualifies pursuant to this act for any losses incurred as a result of a principal's breach of a bid bond, a payment bond, a defect or maintenance bond, or a performance bond required for a public construction contract for the state, federal agencies and political subdivisions of the State of Oklahoma. Provided, the guaranty shall not be extended to any bond with a face value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), nor shall the total face value of the bonds to which the guaranty is extended for any one principal exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00). Provided further, the guaranty shall not be granted to an issuer of a letter of credit used in lieu of said bonds.B. The terms of a guaranty under the Oklahoma Small Business Surety Bond Guaranty Program Act shall not exceed the terms of the contract for which bonding is obtained.C. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish an indemnity fund for this program using a public trust or other entity capable of creating a fund which is not subject to the constitutional prohibitions of Sections 15 and 23 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 85.47d
Laws 1990, HB 1570, c. 236, § 5, eff. 7/1/1991; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 823, c. 197, § 2, eff. 9/1/1992; Amended by Laws 2012 , HB 3079, c. 304, §771.