|   | | C.__That the applicant is willing to accept and maintain  |  | employment in an eligible employment position. |  
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 |   |  | 3.__Application.__An application to the program must be made  |  | directly to the authority at a time and in a format to be  |  | determined by the authority. |  
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 |   |  | 4.__Maximum loan repayment.__The maximum loan repayment amount  |  | available to a participant in the program is $5,000 per year for  |  | a maximum of 4 years. |  
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 |   |  | 5.__Loan repayment agreement; provisions.__The authority shall  |  | enter into loan repayment agreements with participants, on terms  |  | and conditions acceptable to the authority, which at a minimum  |  | must require the participant and the participant's employer to  |  | certify annually, before payment of any installment by the  |  | authority under the loan repayment agreement, that the  |  | participant has been employed in an eligible employment position  |  | for the preceding 12-month period.__Payment of any installment by  |  | the authority must be made directly for credit to the  |  | participant's account at the financial institution certified by  |  | the participant as responsible for administration of that  |  | person's student loans. |  
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 |   |  | A nonlapsing, interest-earning, revolving fund under the  |  | jurisdiction of the authority is created to carry out the  |  | purposes of this chapter.__The authority may receive, invest and  |  | expend, on behalf of the fund, money from gifts, grants, bequests  |  | and donations in addition to money appropriated or allocated by  |  | the State.__Money received by the authority under this chapter  |  | must be invested by the authority, as provided by law, with the  |  | earned income to be added to the fund.__Money in the fund, except  |  | interest income, must be used for the designated purpose of the  |  | fund; interest income may be used for the designated purpose or  |  | to pay administrative costs incurred by the authority for the  |  | operation of the program. |  
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 |   |  | The authority shall establish rules necessary to implement  |  | this chapter.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine  |  | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2- |  | A. |  
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 |   |  | The authority shall report on the program to the policy-making  |  | body established to direct a coordinated effort to  |  
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