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guideline shall not exceed [$125,000] $250,000 and for a
watercraft rescue vehicle shall not exceed [$35,000] $100,000
or 50% of the cost of the ambulance or rescue vehicle,
whichever is less, and a notarized financial statement filed
under subsection (c) shall show that the applicant has
available 20% of the total cost of the vehicle in unobligated
funds.
(3) Purchasing protective, accessory or communication
equipment. No fire company or EMS company shall receive a
loan for protective, accessory or communicative equipment
more than once in any five-year period. Each fire company or
EMS company may apply for a loan for a mobile and portable
radio unit for each existing serviceable apparatus equipment,
ambulance or rescue vehicle. Radio equipment obtained through
loans under this subchapter shall be equipped with a
frequency or frequencies licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission for firefighting or emergency
response purposes. A notarized financial statement shall be
filed and loans under this subchapter for the purchase of
protective, accessory or communicative equipment shall not
exceed [$25,000] $150,000.
(4) Refinancing debt incurred or contracts entered into
after November 4, 1975, and used for the purchase of
apparatus equipment or for the construction or modernization
of facilities or for modification of apparatus equipment in
order to comply with National Fire Protection Association
standards.
(5) Repair or rehabilitation of apparatus equipment.
Where it has been determined that existing apparatus
equipment no longer meets the standards of the National Fire
Protection Association and the repair or rehabilitation of
such equipment will bring it in compliance with National Fire
Protection Association standards, loans for the repair or
rehabilitation for a single apparatus equipment shall be for
at least $3,000 but shall not exceed the lesser of [$80,000]
$150,000 or 80% of the total cost of repair or
rehabilitation.
(6) Purchasing of used firefighting apparatus,
equipment, used ambulances, used rescue vehicles, used
communications equipment, used accessory equipment or used
protective equipment, except that the used vehicles and
equipment shall meet the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) standards and loans for the purchase of a used single
apparatus equipment shall not exceed [$200,000] $350,000 or
80% of the total cost of the equipment, whichever is less.
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(b) Loans.--Loans made by the office in the amount of
$50,000 or less shall be for a period of not more than ten
years. Loans in excess of $50,000 but not in excess of $300,000
shall be for a period of not more than [15] 20 years. The
payback period of any loan in excess of $300,000 shall not
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