West Virginia Code § 31-15-7

Loans to industrial development agencies or enterprises for projects
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(a) When it has determined upon application of an industrial development agency or an
enterprise that the establishment or acquisition of a particular project has accomplished or
will accomplish the public purposes of this article, the authority may contract to loan such
agency or enterprise up to one hundred percent of the estimated cost of such project from
any or all of the following sources: e
(1) The proceeds of bonds or notes issued by the authority pursuant to this article;
(2) Moneys in the fund available to make loans; or u
(3) The investment in such loans by the Board of Investments through the consolidated fund
of the state as provided in this article.
(b) Loans made under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the following
conditions: l
(1) If the authority is providing less than one hundred percent financing for the project, the
authority shall determine that other sources of funds will be available to complete the
project;
(2) The loan shall contain such terms and conditions as the authority deems appropriate,
which terms and conditions shall be set forth in a resolution adopted by the board in
accordance with the provisions of section ten of this article;
(3) The authority may, in its discretion, include within the terms of a loan minimum project
operating periods, liq uidated damage provisions for cessation of operations prior to the end
of the loan period, loan acceleration provisions, project equipment purchase options in the
event of early closure and other provisions to protect the jobs intended to be created by the
project;
(4) The industrial development agency or enterprise shall pay such loan fees as may be
prescribed by the authority from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Money loaned by the authority to an industrial development agency or enterprise pursuant
to subdivisions (2) and (3), subsection (a) of this section seven shall be withdrawn from the
fund and paid over to the agency or enterprise in such manner as shall be determined by the
authority, and the authority shall deposit all payments of interest on such loans and the
principal thereof in the fund.

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