The corporation shall (a) be empowered to do and perform all acts contemplated for a business and industrial development corporation, and (b) upon approval of the Small Business Development Board, perform acts contemplated for a small business development corporation, pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 14000) of the Corporations Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon approval by the Small Business Development Board of the corporation’s application to become a small business development corporation pursuant to this section, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) shall be transferred from the State Enterprise Loan Fund for deposit in the Small Business Expansion Fund created pursuant to Section 14029 of the Corporations Code for immediate transfer to a loan fund established pursuant to Section 14045 of the Corporations Code. Upon suspension of the corporation as a small business development corporation, the funds shall be transferred to the Small Business Expansion Fund pursuant to Section 14025 of the Corporations Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1040, Sec. 12.)