§ 1735.47 - Rescissions of loans.

§ 1735.47 Rescissions of loans.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 59922, Nov. 7, 2019.

(a) Rescission of a loan may be requested by a borrower at any time. To rescind a loan, the borrower must demonstrate to RUS that:

(1) The purposes of the loan being rescinded have been completed;

(2) Sufficient funds are available from sources other than RUS , RTB or FFB to complete the purposes of the loan being rescinded; or

(3) The purposes of the loan are no longer required to extend or improve telephone service in rural areas.

(b) Borrowers submitting loan applications containing purposes previously covered by a loan that has been rescinded shall include in the application an explanation, satisfactory to RUS, of the change of conditions since the rescission that re-establishes the need for those purposes.

(c) RUS shall not initiate the rescission of a loan unless all of the purposes for which telephone loans have been made to the borrower under the Act have been accomplished with funds provided under the Act.

[56 FR 26598, June 10, 1991, as amended at 84 FR 59922, Nov. 7, 2019]