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OR Rev Stat § 285C.085 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.085 - Federal enterprise zones.

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department shall be the lead agency for state participation in a federal enterprise zone program. The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department may take action necessary for such participation to the extent allowed by state law. (2) Any area designated as a federal enterprise zone by an agency of the federal government may be designated as a state enterprise zone by the director at the request of a city, county or port within whose jurisdiction some or all of the federal enterprise zone is located, without regard to any limitation contained in ORS 285C.090. (3) The boundary of an existing state enterprise zone may be amended by the director at the request of the sponsor to include the entire area of a federal enterprise zone without regard to ORS 285C.115 (2). A change in the boundary of an existing state enterprise zone under this subsection does not change the termination date of the enterprise zone under ORS 285C.245 (2). (4) A request by a city, county or port under subsection (2) or (3) of this section shall be in such form and include such information as required by the department, but the request must: (a) Include a resolution adopted by the governing body of the city, county or port; and (b) Provide that all areas within both the federal enterprise zone and the city, county or port are included in a state enterprise zone. (5) The termination under federal law of a federal enterprise zone does not affect the existence or dimensions of a state enterprise zone, except when, as determined by the director, the termination is for nonperformance or for violations of federal guidelines. [Formerly 285B.677; 2005 c.704 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.090 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.090 - Requirements for area to be designated zone; exception.

(1) An enterprise zone must be located in a local area in which: (a) Fifty percent or more of the households have incomes below 80 percent of the median income of this state, as defined by the most recent federal decennial census; (b) The unemployment rate is at least 2.0 percentage points greater than the comparable unemployment rate for this entire state, as defined by the most recently available data published or officially provided and verified by the United States Government, the Employment Department, the Portland State University Population Research Center or special studies conducted under a contract with a regional academic institution; or (c) The Oregon Business Development Department determines on a case-by-case basis using evidence provided by the cities, counties or ports designating the enterprise zone that there exists a level of economic hardship at least as severe as that described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. The evidence must be based on the most recently available data from official sources and may include a contemporary decline of the population in the enterprise zone, the percentage of persons in the enterprise zone below the poverty level relative to the percentage of the entire population of this state below the poverty level or the unemployment rate for the county or counties in which the enterprise zone is located. (2)(a) An urban enterprise zone may consist of a total area of not more than 12 square miles in size. (b) A rural enterprise zone may consist of a total area of not more than 15 square miles in size. (c) For purposes of this subsection, the area of the zone must be calculated by excluding that portion of the zone that lies below the ordinary high water mark of a navigable body of water. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section: (a) An urban enterprise zone must have 12 miles or less, and a rural enterprise zone must have 15 miles or less, as the greatest distance between any two points within the zone; and (b) Unconnected areas of an enterprise zone may not be more than five miles apart. (4) Unconnected areas of a rural enterprise zone may not be more than 15 miles apart when an unconnected area is entirely within a sparsely populated county, and the zone: (a) Must have 20 miles or less as the greatest distance between any two points within the zone, if only a portion of the zone is contained within a sparsely populated county; or (b) Must have 25 miles or less as the greatest distance between any two points within the zone, if the zone is entirely contained within a sparsely populated county. (5) This section does not apply to the designation or redesignation of a reservation enterprise zone or a reservation partnership zone. [Formerly 285B.662; 2005 c.94 §4; 2005 c.704 §9; 2007 c.71 §85; 2010 c.76 §19; 2012 c.71 §2; 2015 c.648 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.095 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.095 - Designation for electronic commerce; revocation; positive determination by department required.

(1) A sponsor of an existing enterprise zone may designate the zone for electronic commerce under this section by resolution of the governing body of the sponsor. (2) There may be designated at any time no more than 15 zones for electronic commerce. (3) The sponsor may by resolution revoke an electronic commerce designation made under this section. If an election is revoked, the sponsor may not subsequently seek reinstatement of electronic commerce designation. (4) Designation of a zone for electronic commerce under this section is not final until a positive determination has been made in favor of the zone by the Oregon Business Development Department under ORS 285C.102. [Formerly 285B.672; 2005 c.667 §1; 2014 c.53 §1; 2015 c.648 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.100 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.100 - Alternative designation of city for electronic commerce; positive determination by department required.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 285C.095, a city shall be designated for electronic commerce if the city: (a) By resolution of the governing body of the city, declares itself a city designated for electronic commerce; (b) As of January 1, 2002, has a population of more than 1,500 but less than 2,000; (c) Is located less than 25 miles from a city with a population of more than 500,000; and (d) Is located less than 10 miles from a city with a high concentration of high technology firms and with a population that, as of January 1, 2002, does not exceed 85,000. (2) Only one city may be designated for electronic commerce under this section, and that designation shall be made without consideration of the numeric limits imposed by ORS 285C.095. (3)(a) A city does not need to sponsor an enterprise zone to be designated for electronic commerce under this section. (b) The governing body of a city designated for electronic commerce under this section does not need to comply with the requirements of ORS 285C.067 or 285C.090, but the governing body must take all actions that are required of a sponsor of a rural enterprise zone under ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250 with respect to business firms seeking exemption under ORS 285C.175. (c) A business firm that is engaged in electronic commerce at a location inside a city designated for electronic commerce under this section and that seeks an exemption under ORS 285C.175 must take all actions required of a qualified business firm under ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250, except that the business firm does not need to be located within an enterprise zone. (d) A business firm described in paragraph (c) of this subsection: (A) Shall be an eligible business firm, the qualified property of which is exempt from taxation under ORS 285C.175 as if the qualified property were located in an enterprise zone under ORS 285C.095; and (B) May claim the tax credit under ORS 315.507. (4) Designation of a city for electronic commerce under this section is not final until a positive determination in favor of the city has been made by the Oregon Business Development Department under ORS 285C.102. (5) For the purpose of determining the boundaries of a city designated for electronic commerce, "city" includes: (a) Territory that is annexed into the city, as of the date of the annexation; (b) Land within the urban growth boundary of the city; and (c) Territory that is added to the urban growth boundary described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, as of the date the urban growth boundary is extended to such territory. [Formerly 285B.673; 2005 c.94 §5; 2015 c.648 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.102 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.102 - Documentation for designation of zone or city for electronic commerce to be submitted to department; requirements for positive determination; rules.

(1) No sooner than the 31st day following compliance with ORS 285C.078 (1), the sponsor of an enterprise zone or the governing body of a city shall submit to the Oregon Business Development Department documentation of the sponsor’s or city’s designation of the zone or city for electronic commerce under ORS 285C.095 or 285C.100, respectively, with sufficient information for the department to make a determination under this section. (2)(a) As soon as practicable after receipt of the documentation required under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall notify the zone sponsor or governing body of the city of the department’s determination. (b) The department’s determination shall be positive and final if the designation meets applicable requirements, including, but not limited to, any numeric limitation under ORS 285C.095 or 285C.100. (c) If the department’s determination is negative, the notice required under paragraph (a) of this subsection must state the reasons for the negative determination. (d) A zone sponsor or the governing body of a city that receives a negative determination under this subsection may resubmit documentation of the sponsor’s or city’s designation of the zone or city for electronic commerce for a determination under this section. (3)(a) For purposes of complying with the numeric limits of ORS 285C.095 or 285C.100, the department shall make determinations under this section in the order in which documentation submitted under subsection (1) of this section is received. (b) For purposes of this subsection, documentation that is resubmitted after a negative determination shall be considered received on the date of the resubmission. (c) The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subsection. [2015 c.648 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.105 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.105 - Duties of zone sponsor.

(1) The sponsor of an enterprise zone shall: (a) Appoint a local zone manager. Upon appointment of the local zone manager, the sponsor shall provide written notice thereof to the Oregon Business Development Department, the county assessor and the Department of Revenue. (b) Provide, and assist all authorized or qualified business firms in using, enhanced local public services, local incentives and local regulatory flexibility that a sponsor has elected, by policy, to provide to any firm seeking authorization in that zone after adoption of the policy. (c) Review and approve or deny applications for authorization under ORS 285C.140. (d) Assist the county assessor in administering the property tax exemption and in performing other duties assigned to the assessor under ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250. (e) Maintain, implement and periodically update a plan for marketing the enterprise zone including strategies for retention, expansion, start-up and recruitment of eligible business firms. (f) Manage the enterprise zone in accordance with ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250. (g) Identify property available for sale or lease to eligible business firms under ORS 285C.110. (h) Prepare indices of street addresses, tax lot numbers or other information to facilitate the identification of land inside of an urban enterprise zone. (i) Provide written notice to the county assessor, the Department of Revenue, the Oregon Business Development Department and any relevant publicly funded job training provider of the conditions and policies adopted or normally sought by the sponsor under ORS 285C.150, 285C.155, 285C.160 or 285C.203, and take the actions necessary to implement and enforce the conditions and policies and any other reasonable requirements imposed pursuant to ORS 285C.155, 285C.160 or 285C.203. (j) Conduct, or assist in conducting, annual reporting of enterprise zone activity or effort, if requested by the county assessor or the Oregon Business Development Department. (2) If more than one city, county or port sponsors an enterprise zone, the jurisdictions shall act jointly in performing the duties imposed on a sponsor under ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250. [Formerly 285B.671; 2005 c.704 §10; 2010 c.39 §4; 2015 c.648 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.110 - Availability of public property.

Subject to the requirements of the Oregon Constitution or any other applicable law, the State of Oregon and municipal corporations that own any real property within an enterprise zone that is zoned for use by eligible businesses and that is not used or designated for some public purpose shall make that real property available for lease or purchase by authorized business firms. Real property shall be leased or sold under this section only upon the condition that the authorized business firm promptly develop the real property for a use that is consistent with the use described in the application for authorization under ORS 285C.140. [Formerly 285B.674]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.115 - Change of zone boundaries; positive determination by department required.

(1) The sponsor of an enterprise zone may change the boundary of the enterprise zone by resolution of the governing body of the sponsor. (2) The amended enterprise zone shall: (a) Add land zoned for use by eligible business firms that has or will have infrastructure facilities, road access, on-site water, on-site sewage disposal and necessary utility services; (b) Continue to include any authorized business firms within the enterprise zone; (c) Add residential areas or nonresidential areas that are adjacent to residential areas only if the level of economic hardship in the areas to be added is at least as severe as the conditions that existed at the time the original enterprise zone was designated or that currently exist in the original enterprise zone; (d) Retain at least 50 percent of the lands in the original enterprise zone; and (e) Meet the applicable total area and greatest distance requirements set forth in ORS 285C.090. (3) If the enterprise zone is a reservation enterprise zone or a reservation partnership zone and the land to be added to the zone is not described in ORS 285C.306, the boundary change, and the resulting boundary of the zone, must fully satisfy the provisions of this section. (4) A boundary change under subsection (1) of this section may: (a) Remove only the land that is residential or not zoned or available for use by eligible business firms; or (b) Change the name of the enterprise zone. (5) The boundary of an urban enterprise zone may not be modified to include land located outside a regional or metropolitan urban growth boundary. (6) An area that is under the jurisdiction of a city, county or port that is not a sponsor of the enterprise zone may be added to the enterprise zone under this section only if the governing body of the nonsponsoring city, county or port adopts a resolution requesting the change and requesting that the city, county or port become a cosponsor, or a resolution consenting to the change, as provided under ORS 285C.065 (1). (7) The resolution of the governing body of a city, county or port to become a cosponsor under subsection (6) of this section may include a restriction described in ORS 285C.070 (4). A restriction made under this paragraph may be made without regard to the time limitation described in ORS 285C.070 (4)(c) and becomes final on the effective date of the boundary change. (8) A boundary change under this section is not final until a positive determination has been made by the Oregon Business Development Department under ORS 285C.117. (9) A change in the boundary of an enterprise zone under this section does not change the termination date of the enterprise zone under ORS 285C.245 (2). [Formerly 285B.680; 2005 c.94 §6; 2005 c.704 §11; 2010 c.76 §20; 2015 c.648 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.117 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.117 - Documentation for zone boundary change to be submitted to department; requirements for positive determination.

(1)(a) The sponsor of an enterprise zone shall submit to the Oregon Business Development Department documentation of a boundary change under ORS 285C.115. (b) For purposes of this subsection, the documentation submitted to the department must include: (A) A map clearly indicating the changes made to the boundary; (B) A new description and geographic information system data for the area inside the zone; and (C) Any other information required by the department for the purposes of making a determination under this section. (2) As soon as practicable after receipt of the documentation required under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall notify the zone sponsor of the department’s determination. (3)(a) The department’s determination shall be positive and final if the requirements of this section and ORS 285C.115 are met. (b) The boundary change shall take effect on the date on which the latest resolution of the sponsoring city, county or port was adopted. (4)(a) If the department’s determination is negative, the notice required under subsection (2) of this section must state the reasons for the negative determination. (b) The zone sponsor may resubmit documentation for a determination under this section and the sponsor and the department may discuss changes in the documentation necessary for a positive determination under this section. (c) If the sponsor resubmits documentation and the department makes a positive determination, the boundary change shall take effect on the date on which the latest resolution of the sponsoring city, county or port was adopted, or the date on which any outstanding requirement for the boundary change is satisfied, as stipulated in the department’s determination. [2015 c.648 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.120 - Zone boundary change restrictions when county ceases to be sparsely populated; waiver of distance limitations.

(1) If the population density of a county increases to more than 100 persons per square mile, so that the county is no longer a sparsely populated county, any existing rural enterprise zone located wholly or partly within that county shall continue to exist with that zone boundary until terminated. A boundary change under ORS 285C.115 that is subsequent to the date on which the county ceases to be a sparsely populated county may not add an area to the zone that: (a) Is a separate area farther than five miles from the nearest point on the existing boundary; (b) Increases the distance between the two points in the zone that are the farthest apart; or (c) Creates a new line of distance to the farthermost opposite point in the zone that is longer than the greatest distance between any two existing points in the zone. (2) In designating or changing the boundary of a rural enterprise zone under ORS 285C.065, 285C.115 or 285C.250 in a sparsely populated county, a zone sponsor may seek a waiver of the distance limitations under ORS 285C.090 (4) by providing the necessary documentation under ORS 285C.074 or 285C.117. The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department shall grant the waiver if the director determines that: (a) The designation or the boundary change satisfies all other applicable requirements; and (b) Consistent with rules adopted by the Oregon Business Development Department, designation of a separate enterprise zone is not a practical option under the particular circumstances, that the overall distances involved can be effectively administered and that the waiver will further the goals and purposes of ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250. [Formerly 285B.683; 2005 c.94 §7; 2015 c.648 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.125 - Duties of Department of Revenue; rules.

For the purposes of ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250, the Department of Revenue shall: (1) Adopt any rules the Department of Revenue considers necessary to implement ORS 285C.125, 285C.130, 285C.140, 285C.145, 285C.165, 285C.175, 285C.180, 285C.185, 285C.190, 285C.220, 285C.225, 285C.230, 285C.235 and 285C.240. (2) Assist the Oregon Business Development Department, county assessors and the sponsors of enterprise zones in their efforts to authorize or qualify eligible business firms. (3) Assist an eligible business firm proposing to do business within an enterprise zone or doing business within an enterprise zone to obtain the benefits of applicable tax incentive or inducement programs administered or supervised by the Department of Revenue. (4) Issue and print forms and worksheets to be used by business firms to make authorization applications or exemption claims. [Formerly 285B.692; 2005 c.94 §8]