Section 756-D. Exceptions for failure of lender to disburse funds  


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  • The date
      of payment required by the owner, the  contractor  and/or  subcontractor
      pursuant  to section seven hundred fifty-six-a of this article, shall be
      extended  to  the  seventh  day   after   the   owner,   contractor   or
      subcontractor,  as  the case may be, receives loan proceeds necessary to
      make such payment in the event that:
        1. the owner, contractor or subcontractor, as the  case  may  be,  has
      obtained  a  loan  intended  to  pay for all or part of the construction
      contract;
        2. the owner, contractor or subcontractor, as the  case  may  be,  has
      timely requested disbursement of proceeds from that loan; and
        3.  the  lender  is legally obligated to disburse such proceeds to the
      owner, contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, but  has  failed
      to do so in a timely manner.