24 NCAC 02A .0102          DEFINITIONS

The following words and terms, unless their context shall clearly indicate a different definition, shall be defined and mean as follows:

(1)           "Applicant" is a person applying to the Authority for a loan.

(2)           "Agriculture" is defined in G.S. 122D‑3(2).

(3)           "Agribusiness" means the business of processing, marketing, distributing, manufacturing or exporting the products of agriculture.

(4)           "Agricultural Loan" is defined in G.S. 122D‑3(1).

(5)           "Borrower" means a person to whom the Authority or a lender has made a loan who is a person engaged in agriculture or agribusiness in the state of North Carolina.

(6)           "FmHA" means the United States of America, acting through the Farmers' Home Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture.

(7)           "Holder" means a person or lender purchasing all or a portion of a loan from the Authority.

(8)           "Guaranteed Loan" means any loan made by a lender or the Authority which is subject to a guarantee of repayment of principal and accrued interest by the FmHA pursuant to any guaranteed loan program authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. § 1921 et. seq.) and described in various subparts of 7 C.F.R. Part 1980.

(9)           "Loan" means a loan made by the Authority to a borrower or a loan made by a lender to any borrower which is purchased by the Authority.

(10)         "Members" means the members of the North Carolina Agricultural Finance Authority constituted pursuant to North Carolina G.S. 122D‑4.

(11)         "Note" means a note made by a borrower in favor of the Authority or a note made by a borrower in favor of a lender purchased by the Authority.

(12)         "Originating Agent" means an agent acting on behalf of the Authority pursuant to an originating agreement.

(13)         "Originating Agreement" means the one or more agreements by that name between the Authority and an originating agent or agents pursuant to which the originating agent or agents will originate loans on behalf of the Authority.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 122D‑3; 122D‑6; 122D‑7; 122D‑10;

Temporary Rule Eff. November 18, 1988 For a Period of 180 Days to Expire on May 17, 1989;

Eff. April 1, 1989;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. April 25, 2015.