Section 1494 Of Article 3. Loan Limits From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 3.
1494
. A commercial bank may lend on the security of a first
security interest on stock or a membership certificate issued to a
tenant-stockholder or resident-member by a completed fee simple
cooperative housing corporation, as defined in Section 216 of the
U.S. Internal Revenue Code, and the assignment by way of security of
the borrower's interest in the proprietary lease or right of tenancy
in property issued by such cooperative housing corporation, provided
all of the real property owned by such corporation is located within
the state, and further provided, that:
(a) The term of the loan does not exceed 30 years, is repayable in
substantially equal installments (or such variation therefrom as may
be authorized under a loan executed pursuant to Section 1916.5 or
1916.8 of the Civil Code), not less often than monthly, with payments
commencing not later than 60 days from the date of the loan, and the
amount does not exceed 80 percent of the sound market value of such
certificates of stock or membership certificates; and
(b) The proprietary lease or right of tenancy in the property
provides:
(1) That no sublease in excess of one year, amendment or
modification to such proprietary lease or right of tenancy in the
property shall be permitted or created without the lender's prior
written consent, and
(2) That in the event of the borrower's default under such loan,
the lender shall have the right, without the prior consent or
approval of the cooperative housing corporation, to sell such shares
or membership certificates at public or private sale following at
least 30 days prior written notice to the borrower and to the
cooperative housing corporation, at the address of the premises
subject to the proprietary lease or right of tenancy in the property,
and assign such proprietary lease or right of tenancy in the
property to the purchaser who shall agree as a condition of such
assignment to cure any defaults thereunder.
For all purposes of this division, such loan shall be considered a
secured residential real estate loan and shall be subject to rules
and regulations implementing the provisions of this section issued by
the commissioner.