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OR Rev Stat § 285C.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.500 - Definitions for ORS 285C.500 to 285C.506.

As used in ORS 285C.500 to 285C.506: (1) "Business firm" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050. (2) "County per capita personal income" means the per capita personal income level published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce for a county. (3) "County unemployment rate" means the most recently available unemployment rate for the county, as determined by the Employment Department. (4) "Facility" means the land, real property improvements and personal property that are used by a business firm to conduct business operations, and that are the subject of an application for preliminary certification under ORS 285C.503 or annual certification under ORS 285C.506. (5) "Qualified location" means any area that is: (a) Zoned for industrial use or is within the urban growth boundary of a city that has 15,000 or fewer residents; and (b) Located in a county that, during either of the two years preceding the date an application for preliminary certification is filed under ORS 285C.503, had both: (A) A county unemployment rate that was in the top half of county unemployment rates in this state; and (B) A county per capita personal income that was in the bottom half of county per capita personal incomes in this state. (6) "Urban growth boundary" means an urban growth boundary contained in a city or county comprehensive plan that has been acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to ORS 197.251 or an urban growth boundary that has been adopted by a metropolitan service district under ORS 268.390 (3). [Formerly 285B.103; 2005 c.94 §17; 2005 c.595 §1] Note: Section 3, chapter 595, Oregon Laws 2005, provides: Sec. 3. Notwithstanding ORS 285C.500 (5), for purposes of preliminary certifications issued under ORS 285C.503 on or after January 1, 2006, based on applications for preliminary certification filed before July 1, 2016, and annual certifications issued under ORS 285C.506 that are associated with preliminary certifications issued under ORS 285C.503 on or after January 1, 2006, based on applications for preliminary certification filed before July 1, 2016, "qualified location" means any area that is: (1) Within the urban growth boundary of a city that has 15,000 or fewer residents or is land zoned for industrial use; and (2) Located in a county that, during either of the two years preceding the date an application for preliminary certification is filed under ORS 285C.503 and this section, had: (a) A county unemployment rate that was in the highest third of county unemployment rates in this state; or (b) A county per capita personal income that was in the lowest third of county per capita personal incomes in this state. [2005 c.595 §3; 2007 c.843 §79; 2011 c.730 §21a]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.540 - Definitions for ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559.

As used in ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559: (1) "Component parts of electric vehicles" does not include: (a) Parts that may be used in both electric and conventional vehicles; or (b) Batteries. (2) "Cost" means the capital costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the erection, construction, installation and acquisition of a facility. (3) "Electric vehicles" means vehicles that are designed for use as Class I or Class II all-terrain vehicles, as those terms are defined in ORS 801.190 and 801.193, and that are used for agricultural, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes, or vehicles that are designed for use as modes of transportation on public roads and highways. The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department may further define "agricultural, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes" of electric vehicles by rule. (4)(a) "Renewable energy resource" includes, but is not limited to: (A) Straw, forest slash, wood waste or other wastes from farm or forest land, nonpetroleum plant or animal based biomass, ocean wave energy, solar energy, wind power, water power or geothermal energy; (B) A hydroelectric generating facility that obtains all applicable permits and complies with all state and federal statutory requirements for the protection of fish and wildlife and that: (i) Does not exceed 10 megawatts of installed capacity; or (ii) Qualifies as a research, development or demonstration facility; or (C) A renewable energy storage device as defined by the director by rule. (b) "Renewable energy resource" does not include a hydroelectric generating facility that is not described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (5) "Renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility" means any structure, building, installation, excavation, device, machinery or equipment, or an addition, reconstruction or improvement to land, to an existing structure, building, installation, excavation or device or to existing machinery or equipment, that is necessarily acquired, constructed or installed by a person in connection with the conduct of a trade or business and that is used primarily to manufacture: (a) Component parts of electric vehicles. (b) Electric vehicles. (c) Equipment, machinery or other products designed to use a renewable energy resource and that meets the criteria established under ORS 285C.543. (d) Renewable energy storage devices. [2011 c.474 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.543 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.543 - Rules; criteria for renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facilities.

The Oregon Business Development Department shall by rule establish all of the following criteria: (1) Standards relating to the type of equipment, machinery or other products being manufactured and related performance and efficiency standards applicable to the manufactured products; (2) Standards, consistent with the definitions in ORS 285C.540 and relating to what constitutes a single renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility, that include: (a) Standards establishing what constitutes property that is not included within a facility; and (b) The consideration of such factors as phases of development, expansion of or additions to existing facilities or product lines, increased production and number of jobs created or maintained by an applicant; (3) Standards requiring that the minimum levels of increased employment in Oregon for a facility are proportionate to industry standards and to the amount of tax credit allowed; (4) Standards requiring that the compensation paid and benefits provided to employees of an applicant meet or exceed the national average in annual compensation for comparable employment; (5) Standards that can be independently reviewed by a third party: (a) Relating to indicators of financial viability of an applicant for preliminary certification under ORS 285C.547; and (b) Relating to the likelihood of long-term operation and success of a facility; and (6) Standards relating to the likelihood that an applicant seeking preliminary certification of a facility will base decisions to locate or expand a facility in Oregon on the allowance of a tax credit under ORS 315.341. [2011 c.474 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.545 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.545 - Annual limit to cost of facility in granting tax credits; discretion of director.

(1) For a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility, the total cost that receives a preliminary certification from the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department for tax credits in any calendar year may not exceed: (a) $2.5 million in the case of a facility used to manufacture electric vehicles or component parts of electric vehicles; or (b) $40 million, in the case of any other facility. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the director may certify a lesser amount than the total cost of the facility, or need not certify any amount, if any of the following conditions exist at the time of preliminary certification: (a) The last quarterly economic and revenue forecast for a biennium indicates that moneys available to the General Fund for the next biennium will be at least three percent less than appropriations from the General Fund for the current biennium; (b) A quarterly economic and revenue forecast projects that revenues in the General Fund in the current biennium will be at least two percent below what revenues were projected to be in the revenue forecast on which the legislatively adopted budget, as defined in ORS 291.002, for the current biennium was based; (c) The proposed facility, in the estimate of the director, does not possess the likelihood of success established in criteria of success under ORS 285C.543 (5); (d) The proposed facility, in the estimate of the director, is not likely to increase employment in Oregon to the minimum levels required in rules adopted under ORS 285C.543 (3); (e) The applicant lacks the minimum level of financial viability established in rules adopted under ORS 285C.543 (5); (f) The applicant is unlikely, in the estimate of the director, to base a decision to relocate or expand a facility in Oregon on allowance of the tax credit, given the criteria established in rules under ORS 285C.543 (6); or (g) During a time period listed in section 15, chapter 474, Oregon Laws 2011, the director receives applications for preliminary certification with a total amount of potential tax credits in excess of the limitation for the time period. (3) The director shall determine the dollar amount certified for any facility and the priority between applications for certification based upon the criteria contained in ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559 and applicable rules and standards adopted under ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559. The director may consider the status of a facility as a research, development or demonstration facility of new renewable resource generating and conservation technologies in the determination. [2011 c.474 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.549 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.549 - Transferability of facility tax credit.

(1) The owner, contract purchaser or lessee of a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility may transfer a tax credit for the facility in exchange for a cash payment equal to the present value of the tax credit. (2) The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department shall establish by rule a formula to be employed in the determination of prices of credits transferred under this section. In establishing the formula the department shall incorporate inflation projections and market real rate of return. (3) The director shall recalculate credit transfer prices quarterly, employing the formula established under subsection (2) of this section. [2011 c.474 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.551 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.551 - Submission of plans, specifications and contract terms; preliminary certification; suspension or denial.

(1) The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department may require the submission of plans, specifications and contract terms and after examination of the plans, specifications and terms, may request corrections and revisions. (2) If the director determines that the proposed erection, construction, installation or acquisition is technically feasible and should operate in accordance with the representations made by the applicant, and is in accordance with the provisions of ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559 and any applicable rules or standards adopted by the director, the director shall issue a preliminary certificate approving the erection, construction, installation or acquisition of the facility. The certificate shall indicate the potential amount of tax credit allowable and shall list any conditions for claiming the credit. (3) The director may issue an order altering, conditioning, suspending or denying preliminary certification if the director determines that: (a) The erection, construction, installation or acquisition does not comply with the provisions of ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559 and applicable rules and standards; (b) The applicant has previously received preliminary or final certification for the same costs; (c) The applicant is unable to demonstrate that the facility would be economically viable without the allowance of additional credits under ORS 315.341; (d) The applicant was directly involved in an act for which the director has levied civil penalties or revoked, canceled or suspended any certification under ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559; or (e) The applicant or the principal, director, officer, owner, majority shareholder or member of the applicant, or the manager of the applicant if the applicant is a limited liability company, is in arrears for payments owed to any government agency while in any capacity with direct or indirect control over a business. [2011 c.474 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.555 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.555 - Rules; fees for certification.

By rule and after hearing, the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department may adopt a schedule of reasonable fees that the Oregon Business Development Department may require of applicants for preliminary or final certification under ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559. Before the adoption or revision of the fees, the department shall estimate the total cost of the program to the department. The fees shall be used to recover the anticipated cost of filing, investigating, granting and rejecting applications for certification and shall be designed not to exceed the total cost estimated by the department. Any excess fees shall be held by the department and shall be used by the department to reduce any future fee increases. The fee may vary according to the size and complexity of the facility. The fee is not considered part of the cost of the facility to be certified. [2011 c.474 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.557 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.557 - Certification required for tax credits; certification not to exceed five years; use by transferee.

(1) A certificate issued under ORS 285C.553 or 469B.161 is required for purposes of obtaining tax credits in accordance with ORS 315.341. Such certification shall be granted for a period not to exceed five years. The five-year period shall begin with the tax year of the applicant during which the completed application for final certification of the facility under ORS 285C.553 is received by the Oregon Business Development Department. (2) If the original owner of the certificate uses any portion of the credit, the certificate becomes nontransferable. (3) For a transferee holding a credit that has been transferred under ORS 285C.549, the five-year period shall begin with the tax year in which the transferee pays for the credit. [2011 c.474 §13; 2012 c.45 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.559 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.559 - Revocation of certificate; collection.

(1) Under the procedures for a contested case under ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department may order the suspension or revocation of the certificate issued under ORS 285C.553 or 469B.161 if the director finds that: (a) The certification was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; (b) The holder of the certificate or the operator of the facility has failed to construct or operate the facility in compliance with the plans, specifications and procedures in the certificate or the performance agreement; or (c) The facility is no longer in operation. (2) As soon as the order of revocation under this section becomes final, the director shall notify the Department of Revenue, the facility owner, contract purchaser or lessee and any transferee under ORS 285C.549 of the order of revocation. Upon notification, the Department of Revenue immediately shall proceed to collect: (a) In the case in which no portion of a certificate has been transferred under ORS 285C.549, those taxes not paid by the certificate holder as a result of the tax credits provided to the certificate holder under ORS 315.341, from the certificate holder or a successor in interest to the business interests of the certificate holder. All prior tax credits provided to the holder of the certificate by virtue of the certificate shall be forfeited. (b) In the case in which all or a portion of a certificate has been transferred under ORS 285C.549, the maximum theoretical amount of the tax credits allowable under ORS 315.341, from the transferor. (3)(a) The Department of Revenue shall have the benefit of all laws of this state pertaining to the collection of income and excise taxes and may proceed to collect the amounts described in subsection (2) of this section from the person that obtained certification from the State Department of Energy or from the Oregon Business Development Department, or any successor in interest to the business interests of that person. No assessment of tax shall be necessary and no statute of limitation shall preclude the collection of taxes described in this subsection. (b) For purposes of this subsection, a lender, bankruptcy trustee or other person that acquires an interest through bankruptcy or through foreclosure of a security interest is not considered to be a successor in interest to the business interests of the person that obtained certification. (4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, a certificate or portion of a certificate held by a transferee under ORS 285C.549 may not be considered revoked for purposes of the transferee, the tax credit allowable to the transferee under ORS 315.341 may not be reduced and a transferee is not liable under subsections (2) and (3) of this section. [2011 c.474 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.600 - Definitions for ORS 285C.600 to 285C.635.

As used in ORS 285C.600 to 285C.635: (1) "Business firm" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050. (2) "Eligible project" means a project that meets criteria established by the Oregon Business Development Commission to be exempt from property taxation under ORS 307.123. (3) "First-source hiring agreement" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050. (4) "Newly created jobs" means, for an eligible project, total jobs less retained jobs. (5) "Publicly funded job training provider" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050. (6) "Rural area" means an area located entirely outside of the urban growth boundary of a city with a population of 40,000 or more, as the urban growth boundary is acknowledged on the date on which an applicant submits an application, pursuant to rules adopted by the Oregon Business Development Department, for property tax exemption under ORS 307.123. (7) "Strategic investment zone" means a geographic area established under ORS 285C.623, within which the property of eligible projects may be exempt from property taxation under ORS 307.123. [Formerly 285B.380; 2005 c.237 §1; 2015 c.518 §1; 2015 c.757 §1] Note: Section 2, chapter 518, Oregon Laws 2015, provides: Sec. 2. The amendments to ORS 285C.600 by section 1 of this 2015 Act do not apply to: (1) An eligible project located, or an application for a project to be located, within a strategic investment zone designated before the effective date of this 2015 Act [October 5, 2015]. (2) A parcel of land on which an eligible project is located on the effective date of this 2015 Act. [2015 c.518 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.603 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.603 - Legislative purpose.

The Legislative Assembly declares that a significant purpose of the strategic investment program established in ORS 285C.600 to 285C.635 and 307.123 is to improve employment in areas where eligible projects are to be located and urges business firms that will benefit from an eligible project to hire employees from the region in which the eligible project is to be located whenever practicable. [2003 c.800 §5; 2005 c.237 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.612 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.612 - Eligible project application fees.

(1) The Oregon Business Development Commission shall collect the fees set forth in subsection (2) of this section from an applicant that seeks to have the real and personal property constituting the eligible project declared eligible for the tax exemption provided in ORS 307.123. The fee may be collected even though the project has not been determined to be eligible for the tax exemption. (2) The fees described in subsection (1) of this section are as follows: (a) $10,000, or $5,000 if the project is located in a rural area, upon application to the commission; and (b) $50,000, or $10,000 if the project is located in a rural area, when the eligible project is determined by the commission to be eligible for the tax exemption provided in ORS 307.123. The commission shall pay 50 percent of this fee to the Department of Revenue for the purpose of administration of ORS 307.123. (3) The fees collected under subsection (2) of this section shall be deposited in the Oregon Business, Innovation and Trade Fund created under ORS 285A.227. [Formerly 285B.389; 2009 c.830 §148]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.620 - Confidentiality of project information.

Notwithstanding ORS 192.311 to 192.478, the identity of an applicant for an eligible project determination under ORS 285C.606, the application form submitted to the county governing body and the Oregon Business Development Commission and the negotiations conducted between the applicant and the county shall be confidential, until the county governing body gives notice of its intent to take official action on the application. [Formerly 285B.392]
OR Rev Stat § 285C.626 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 285C - Economic Development III|Section 285C.626 - Business firm application for project within strategic investment zone.

(1) A business firm seeking the exemption under ORS 307.123 for a project the firm intends to install or construct within a strategic investment zone shall apply to the Oregon Business Development Department. The application shall be in the form and shall contain the information required by the department. (2) A completed application containing all of the required information shall be considered by the Oregon Business Development Commission for the purposes of determining whether the project constitutes an eligible project under ORS 285C.606. [2005 c.237 §3]