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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.565 - Development of process for certifying sites ready for industrial or traded sector development.

The Oregon Business Development Department, in coordination with the Economic Revitalization Team established pursuant to ORS 284.555, shall develop and administer a process for certifying sites throughout the state that are ready for industrial or traded sector development. [2003 c.800 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.570 - Development of state economic development strategy; advisory committee; rules; focus of strategy.

(1) The Governor shall direct the Oregon Business Development Commission, in consultation with the Economic Revitalization Team established pursuant to ORS 284.555 and other state agencies as appropriate, to appoint an advisory committee composed of representatives of local governments, ports, local economic development organizations and private industry and other individuals familiar with economic development strategies to assist the commission in developing a state economic development strategy. The commission shall, by administrative rule, adopt and periodically update the strategy. The strategy must focus on:
(a) Creating, expanding and retaining Oregon businesses;
(b) Assisting in the development and growth of competitive industrial sectors;
(c) Creating jobs by attracting new businesses to Oregon;
(d) Providing economic development tools and resources to Oregon communities;
(e) Assisting local communities and regions in developing and maintaining economic development plans that are coordinated with the state economic development strategy;
(f) Providing an adequate supply of industrial, commercial and retail sites available for immediate development inside urban growth boundaries;
(g) Providing public infrastructure in a timely manner;
(h) Resolving constraints on and removing barriers to the timely development of industrial and traded sector sites; and
(i) Developing recommendations for prioritizing state loans, grants and technical assistance to local governments that meet the objectives of the state economic development strategy.
(2) The commission shall present the state economic development strategy to the Governor and the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly not later than June 30, 2004, including a report on actions taken to implement the strategy. [2003 c.800 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.575 - Duties of Department of Transportation related to state economic development strategy.

In furtherance of the state economic development strategy developed under ORS 284.570, the Department of Transportation shall:
(1) Develop a process to prioritize funding for transportation projects that further the state economic development strategy.
(2) Develop and maintain state transportation policies and a comprehensive long-range plan for a safe, multimodal transportation system that encourages economic efficiency and orderly economic development and that maximizes the use of existing transportation infrastructure.
(3) Take actions that are necessary to ensure that department policies and activities are implemented in a manner that supports the state economic development strategy.
(4) Expedite the processing of permits issued by the department for transportation projects that further the state economic development strategy. [2003 c.800 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.577 - State and local cooperation to provide industrial, commercial and retail development sites; implementation of state economic development strategy; rules.

In furtherance of the state economic development strategy developed under ORS 284.570, the Land Conservation and Development Commission shall:
(1) Provide local governments with basic and advanced methods for identifying, analyzing and providing for industrial, commercial and retail development sites.
(2) Develop and provide guidebooks and other appropriate materials to assist local governments in identifying and analyzing potential industrial, commercial and retail development sites.
(3) Provide local governments with technical assistance to assist in completing the identification and analysis and in amending comprehensive plans and land use regulations based on the identification and analysis.
(4) Provide grants to local governments in a manner that furthers the implementation of the state economic development strategy.
(5) Adopt, amend or repeal administrative rules and procedures as necessary to ensure that the following actions can be accomplished in a timely manner:
(a) Expansion of urban growth boundaries where necessary to accommodate industrial or traded sector development;
(b) Review of amendments to comprehensive plans and land use regulations and periodic review of comprehensive plans and land use regulations; and
(c) Focus the resources of the Department of Land Conservation and Development on issues related to land supply within urban growth boundaries and transportation and public facilities necessary to stimulate economic growth. [2003 c.800 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.580 - Role of local governments in implementation of state economic development strategy.

Local governments, as defined in ORS 174.116, shall participate in the implementation of the state economic development strategy developed under ORS 284.570 by demonstrating a willingness to:
(1) Coordinate local economic development plans with the state economic development strategy; and
(2) Expedite amendments to comprehensive plans and land use regulations. [2003 c.800 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.585 - Assistance to local governments; site assessment methodology.

In furtherance of the state economic development strategy developed under ORS 284.570, the Department of State Lands shall:
(1) Consistent with ORS 196.674, focus wetlands inventories on areas described in the state economic development strategy. The department may provide grants and technical assistance to local governments to conduct the inventories.
(2) Develop a site assessment methodology for rapidly determining the capacity of a site for economic development. The methodology shall address site-specific impediments to development and any costs associated with compliance with ORS 196.800 to 196.900. [2003 c.800 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.590 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) New approaches are needed to plan the way economic development takes place in the manufacturing sectors of this state. The concept of manufacturing business ecosystems has become relevant as the focus of economic development in manufacturing sectors extends to regional economic communities of interacting organizations and individuals who produce and consume goods and services in a specified region. Such manufacturing business ecosystems include suppliers, lead producers, competitors, investors, consumers and other stakeholders.
(2) Over time, manufacturing business ecosystems evolve as members share capabilities and resources and align objectives. Such manufacturing business ecosystems enable regions of similar focus and interests to share visions, align investments and provide mutually supportive roles that benefit the entire region, resulting in job creation and maintenance, leverage of advantages and opportunities, coordination of research and commercialization, acceleration of new technologies across manufacturing industries, growth of small- and medium-sized businesses, collaborative development of public infrastructure and increased access to capital.
(3) Providing legislative support to the efforts of manufacturing business ecosystems and designating an entity to unify efforts, provide oversight and leverage regional resources and strengths, are appropriate and innovative means of moving forward with manufacturing economic development in Oregon.
(4) There has been extensive progress toward creating a manufacturing business ecosystem, called the Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership, in the southwest part of the State of Washington and the geographic region located within the Willamette Valley and the Columbia River corridor in Oregon. The partnership was formed in response to a federal initiative known as the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership program in the United States Economic Development Administration which aims to accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing in the United States. The federal initiative seeks to encourage communities to develop comprehensive economic development strategies and best practices that will strengthen the communities’ competitive edge for attracting global manufacturer and supply chain investments. The partnership will make application to the federal initiative program for a federal designation as a manufacturing community in accordance with the program requirements and geographical limitations. The partnership is an example of the type of business ecosystem that this state should encourage and support, and may serve as a model for future partnerships for manufacturing economic development in other regions of this state and the Pacific Northwest. [2015 c.22 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.592 - Definitions for ORS 284.590 to 284.597.

As used in ORS 284.590 to 284.597:
(1) "Geographic region" means the following regions and counties:
(a) South Willamette Valley, comprising Benton, Lane and Linn Counties.
(b) Mid-Willamette Valley, comprising Marion and Polk Counties.
(c) Mid-Columbia Valley, comprising Hood River, Sherman and Wasco Counties in the State of Oregon and Klickitat County in the State of Washington.
(d) Portland Metro, comprising Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill Counties in the State of Oregon and Clark and Skamania Counties in the State of Washington.
(2) "Manufacturing economic development" means economic development in manufacturing sectors, including but not limited to manufacturing activities related to primary metals, wood products, semiconductors, electronics, medical devices, food processing, technological inputs and machinery.
(3) "Partnership" means the Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership, a collaborative alliance of governmental agencies, educational institutions, manufacturing firms and associations, research facilities, workforce boards, labor organizations and manufacturing economic development entities that has been established in geographic regions in this state for the purpose of:
(a) Integrating knowledge, innovation, research, technology, science, industry, resources and priorities for manufacturing economic development in the geographic regions; and
(b) Enhancing the geographic regions’ capacity as manufacturing business ecosystems. [2015 c.22 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.597 - Regional collaboration regarding manufacturing economic development; proposals for federal funds; authority to enter into agreements.

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department shall facilitate regional collaboration among manufacturing economic development stakeholders through consultation with and support of the Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership in the geographic regions represented by the partnership by:
(a) Providing financial assistance to businesses, programs and entities engaged in manufacturing economic development that are working in collaboration with, or with the financial or technical assistance of, the partnership;
(b) Identifying and recruiting qualified investors and other sources of capital to support members of the partnership or manufacturing economic development projects identified by the partnership that are eligible for financial or technical assistance; and
(c) Entering into contracts and agreements with institutions of higher education, research facilities, economic development entities and other manufacturing economic development entities for the purpose of supporting the goals and objectives of the partnership.
(2) The department shall act on behalf of the partnership to apply or submit proposals for any federal funds, at the request of the partnership, that the partnership and the department determine will assist the partnership to achieve its goals and objectives, including but not limited to funding available to designated manufacturing communities through the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership program in the United States Economic Development Administration. The department may accept and enter into any contracts or agreements on behalf of the partnership for the receipt of the funds from the federal government or its agencies. [2015 c.22 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.701 - Definitions for ORS 284.701 to 284.749.

As used in ORS 284.701 to 284.749:
(1) "Equity investment" means any investment not prohibited under Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution.
(2) "Innovation-based economic development" includes, but is not limited to, a technology, product, process or innovation that:
(a) Derives from and supports innovation and research;
(b) Promotes Oregon’s market capacities and competitive advantages;
(c) Involves technology-based innovation;
(d) Facilitates the creation of new products, processes and services that retain and create high-wage jobs;
(e) Involves the establishment of partnerships between and collaboration with research institutions, the private sector and public entities; and
(f) Endeavors to transfer innovative technologies to the private sector or to commercialize innovative research and development.
(3) "Oregon growth business" means:
(a) An individual, group of individuals or private sector business entity, including but not limited to a partnership, limited liability company, corporation, firm, association or other business entity, that engages in business that furthers innovation-based economic development, that has the capacity, upon obtaining appropriate capital, to generate significant high-skill, high-wage employment in Oregon and that conducts business in Oregon; or
(b) An emerging growth business consisting of an individual or group of individuals or a new or small company, including but not limited to any new or small partnership, limited liability company, corporation, firm, association or other business entity, that has the capacity, upon obtaining appropriate capital, to generate significant high-skill, high-wage employment.
(4) "Public entity" means any agency of the federal or state government, county, city, town, public corporation or political subdivision in this state.
(5) "Research institution" means:
(a) A community college as defined in ORS 341.005;
(b) A public university listed in ORS 352.002;
(c) The Oregon Health and Science University public corporation established under ORS 353.020;
(d) An Oregon-based, generally accredited, not-for-profit private institution of higher education;
(e) A federal research laboratory conducting research in Oregon;
(f) A private not-for-profit research institution located in Oregon;
(g) An institution for higher education as defined in ORS 289.005; or
(h) A private institution of higher education located in Oregon.
(6) "Traded sector" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285A.010. [2005 c.748 §1; 2011 c.610 §1; 2011 c.637 §92; 2012 c.90 §20; 2019 c.131 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.711 - Duty to advise; distribution of moneys; fees.

(1) The Oregon Innovation Council shall provide advice to the Governor, the Legislative Assembly, research institutions, public agencies that support economic development and the private sector on issues related to:
(a) Promoting the commercialization of research from the private sector, universities and colleges, including investments in signature research centers where Oregon has a distinct or emerging advantage;
(b) Stimulating seed and start-up capital investment and entrepreneurial capacity that will promote economic growth in Oregon traded sector industries or Oregon growth businesses; and
(c) Developing the entrepreneurial and management capacity critical to the competitiveness of Oregon traded sector industries or Oregon growth businesses in rapidly growing global markets.
(2) The council, the Oregon Business Development Commission, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the office of the State Treasurer shall coordinate policies and programs related to the duties of the council.
(3) Based on the state plan developed under ORS 284.715, on grants, loans and equity investments made under ORS 284.742 and on other relevant data and information, and subject to the approval of the Oregon Business Development Department, the council may distribute moneys in the Oregon Innovation Fund by grant, loan or equity investment or pursuant to contracts with research institutions, the private sector and public entities.
(4) The council may assess and charge fees for making grants, loans or equity investments under ORS 284.742. [2005 c.748 §4; 2011 c.610 §3; 2015 c.196 §2; 2015 c.682 §8; 2015 c.767 §86; 2019 c.131 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.715 - State plan for innovation and economic competitiveness.

(1) The Oregon Innovation Council shall develop a state plan for innovation and economic competitiveness. The plan shall include policy and program recommendations to:
(a) Identify and expand the state’s industry and core research strengths related to Oregon traded sector industries, Oregon growth businesses and higher education that have the highest potential for commercialization and economic impact;
(b) Enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes the development and growth of new innovation-based businesses and assists existing businesses in developing new products;
(c) Stimulate seed and start-up capital investment and entrepreneurial capacity that will promote innovation-based economic development in Oregon traded sector industries or Oregon growth businesses; and
(d) Develop an innovation index that benchmarks Oregon to national averages on a variety of innovation metrics.
(2) The council shall complete the plan every biennium.
(3) Each biennium, the council shall report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly about the plan. [2005 c.748 §5; 2011 c.610 §4; 2015 c.196 §3; 2019 c.131 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.720 - Oregon Innovation Fund.

(1) There is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Innovation Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Innovation Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) Moneys in the Oregon Innovation Fund shall consist of:
(a) Amounts donated to the fund;
(b) Amounts appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly;
(c) Investment earnings received on moneys in the fund; and
(d) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source.
(3) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Innovation Council for the purposes of making grants, loans and equity investments under ORS 284.742 and, subject to the approval of the Oregon Business Development Department, entering into contracts and grant agreements to carry out the recommendations included in the state plan developed under ORS 284.715.
(4) The council may establish accounts and subaccounts within the fund when the council determines that accounts or subaccounts are necessary or desirable and may credit any interest or income derived from moneys in the fund to any account or subaccount in the fund.
(5) The council may use moneys in the fund to pay the administrative costs associated with the fund and with making grants, loans, equity investments and other distributions of moneys from the fund. [2005 c.748 §7; 2011 c.610 §5; 2019 c.131 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.735

[2005 c.748 §9; 2011 c.610 §7; 2015 c.767 §87; repealed by 2019 c.131 §8]
Note:
Section 14, chapter 131, Oregon Laws 2019, provides:
Sec. 14.
Notwithstanding the repeal of ORS 284.735 by section 8 of this 2019 Act, the State Chief Information Officer shall include in the economic development section on the Oregon transparency website required under ORS 276A.253 (4)(d) the names of persons who received grants or loans from the Oregon Innovation Council under ORS 284.735 as in effect immediately before the effective date of this 2019 Act [May 22, 2019], and the purpose and amount of the grant or loan, as long as any persons receive such grants or loans. [2019 c.131 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.740 - Oregon Innovation Council signature research centers.

(1) The Oregon Innovation Council may establish one or more signature research centers to maximize collaborative ventures among research institutions, public entities and Oregon growth businesses that will capitalize on opportunities to obtain private and federal funding for the research and development of innovation-based economic development.
(2) The council may contract with nonprofit or other entities for the administration of one or more centers.
(3) Signature research centers, Oregon growth businesses and research institutions contracting to engage in innovation-based economic development, to conduct research within a signature research center or to engage in other business endeavors, as defined by the Oregon Innovation Council by rule, may receive grants and loans from moneys in the Oregon Innovation Fund created under ORS 284.720. [2005 c.748 §11; 2011 c.610 §8; 2019 c.131 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.742 - Grants, loans and equity investments for innovation-based economic development; contracts to manage equity investments; fees; rules.

(1) Subject to the approval of the Oregon Business Development Department, the Oregon Innovation Council may make grants, loans and equity investments from the Oregon Innovation Fund created under ORS 284.720 to fund proposals that have as their principal objectives:
(a) The establishment of partnerships between, and collaborations with, research institutions and Oregon growth businesses for innovation-based economic development; or
(b) The transfer of innovation-based economic development technology to the private sector or the commercialization of innovation-based economic development research and development in Oregon.
(2)(a) The council may contract with one or more management companies to manage equity investments for purposes of this section and the programs funded by the Oregon Innovation Fund created under ORS 284.720.
(b) A contract entered into under this subsection may be:
(A) A partnership agreement under which the council is the limited partner and the management company is the general partner; or
(B) Another form of payment or profit-sharing arrangement under which the council may receive payment or another form of return in exchange for the council’s investment.
(c) A contract entered into under this subsection shall require any management company managing investments pursuant to this subsection to:
(A) Manage the investments subject to the policies and procedures and investment directives and strategies of the council or, if requested by the council, the Oregon Growth Board, with the care, skill and diligence that a prudent investor acting in a similar capacity and familiar with such investments would use in managing the investments; and
(B) Invest in Oregon an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the principal transferred from the Oregon Innovation Fund to the management company for investment.
(3)(a) To qualify for a grant, loan or equity investment under subsection (1) of this section, a proposal must be submitted to the Oregon Innovation Council in the manner and with a fee as may be prescribed by rule.
(b) All proposals funded under subsection (1) of this section must include performance metrics or reporting requirements or both, as prescribed by rule.
(4) The Oregon Business Development Department may adopt rules to implement programs recommended by the council to administer the provisions of this section or for other activities recommended by the council to promote innovation-based economic development. [2011 c.610 §10; 2019 c.131 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.745 - Definitions for ORS 284.745 to 284.749.

As used in ORS 284.745 to 284.749, "bond-related costs" means:
(1) The costs and expenses of issuing and administering bonds under ORS 284.745 to 284.749, including but not limited to:
(a) Paying or redeeming the bonds, including principal, interest and premium, if any;
(b) Paying amounts due in connection with credit enhancement devices or reserve instruments;
(c) Paying the administrative costs and expenses of the State Treasurer, the Oregon Business Development Department and the Oregon Innovation Council, including the cost of consultants, attorneys and advisers retained by the State Treasurer, the department or the council for the bonds; and
(d) Any other costs or expenses that the State Treasurer, the department or the council determines are necessary or desirable in connection with issuing or administering the bonds;
(2) The cost of funding bond reserves;
(3) Capitalized interest for the bonds; and
(4) Rebates or penalties due to the United States in connection with the bonds. [2011 c.610 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.747 - Oregon Innovation Bond Fund.

(1) The Oregon Innovation Bond Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The net proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds issued under ORS 284.746 must be credited to the Oregon Innovation Bond Fund. Investment earnings received on moneys in the fund must be credited to the fund.
(2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Innovation Council for the purpose of making grants, loans and equity investments under ORS 284.742. [2011 c.610 §13; 2019 c.131 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.748 - Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund.

(1) The Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund consists of:
(a) An amount from the moneys deposited in the Oregon Innovation Fund credited to the Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund by the State Treasurer that is necessary in a fiscal year, as determined by the Oregon Innovation Council, in consultation with the Oregon Business Development Department and the State Treasurer, to pay the bond-related costs scheduled to be paid in that fiscal year on the revenue bonds issued under ORS 284.746;
(b) Any funds appropriated or allocated to the Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund; and
(c) Investment earnings received on moneys in the Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund.
(2) Moneys in the Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Innovation Council to pay, when due, the bond-related costs on outstanding revenue bonds, to fund revenue bond reserves and to pay amounts due in connection with credit enhancements.
(3) The council, in consultation with the department and the State Treasurer, shall use amounts in the Oregon Innovation Debt Service Fund to pay, when due, the bond-related costs on outstanding revenue bonds, to fund revenue bond reserves and to pay amounts due in connection with credit enhancements.
(4) If the moneys deposited in the Oregon Innovation Fund are not sufficient to pay the bond-related costs due to be paid in a fiscal year, the council, in consultation with the department and the State Treasurer, shall make payments in that fiscal year according to the relative priority of revenue bonds secured by the moneys deposited in the Oregon Innovation Fund. [2011 c.610 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.749 - Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund.

(1) The Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund consists of:
(a) The amount of revenue bond proceeds remaining after depositing the net proceeds in the Oregon Innovation Bond Fund pursuant to ORS 284.747;
(b) The proceeds of revenue bonds issued to pay bond-related costs;
(c) Any funds appropriated or allocated to the Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund; and
(d) Investment earnings received on moneys in the Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund.
(2) Moneys in the Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Innovation Council for paying bond-related costs during the term of revenue bonds issued under ORS 284.746.
(3) The council, in consultation with the Oregon Business Development Department and the State Treasurer, may use amounts in the Oregon Innovation Bond Administration Fund to pay bond-related costs during the term of revenue bonds issued under ORS 284.746. Amounts in the fund must be disbursed upon the written request of the council in consultation with the department. [2011 c.610 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.751 - Regional collaboration among universities and Oregon Solutions Network; authority to contract; rules.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "Oregon Solutions Network" means the Oregon Solutions Network established pursuant to Executive Order 11-12 dated December 16, 2011, including but not limited to regional advisory committees and regional solutions centers within the network.
(2) The Oregon Business Development Department shall facilitate regional collaboration among the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and the Oregon Solutions Network in Lane, Linn and Benton Counties, for the purpose of assisting technology-based, start-up businesses in this state whose primary purpose is to commercialize university-based or university-assisted research and to increase the number of, and ensure the retention of, such businesses in the region.
(3) The collaboration under subsection (2) of this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Providing financial assistance to programs, entities and providers of technical business development and creation assistance and providing support to technology-based, start-up businesses whose primary purpose is to commercialize university-based or university-assisted research.
(b) Identifying and recruiting entrepreneurial talent, qualified investors and other sources of capital.
(c) Acquiring, procuring, furnishing or improving facilities in or near Lane, Linn or Benton Counties, as identified by the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and the Oregon Solutions Network, for the operation or support of businesses receiving assistance under this section, signature research centers and other businesses, programs and entities involved in the commercialization of university-based or university-assisted research.
(d) Establishing, connecting or expanding support programs, directly or indirectly, that provide assistance to technology-based, start-up businesses whose primary purpose is to commercialize university-based or university-assisted research within and outside the region.
(4) The department may enter into contracts and agreements with the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and the Oregon Solutions Network for the purpose of implementing and accomplishing the objectives set forth in subsection (3) of this section.
(5) The department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section. [2013 c.762 §§1,2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.752 - Definitions for ORS 284.752 to 284.754.

As used in ORS 284.752 to 284.754:
(1) "Community and economic development" means development that:
(a) Relates to, supports and promotes the policies and objectives of the Regional Solutions Program established under ORS 284.754;
(b) Promotes, expands or prevents the decline of local, regional and statewide industries and businesses located or to be located in Oregon;
(c) Creates jobs or prevents the loss of jobs in Oregon; and
(d) Improves the economy in Oregon.
(2) "Grant, loan or incentive program" means any program or other type of undertaking that a state agency has been authorized by the Legislative Assembly to establish, implement and fund and that has as one or more of its purposes community and economic development in a region, or that will affect community and economic development in a region of this state.
(3) "Local government" means a city, county, authority or entity organized under state statute or city or county charter, and includes any council of governments created under ORS chapter 190.
(4) "Natural resource agency" means the State Department of Agriculture, the Water Resources Department, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Forestry Department, the Department of State Lands, the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and the State Marine Board.
(5) "Region" means an economic development district in Oregon, created by the Economic Development Administration of the United States Department of Commerce, for which a regional solutions center has been established under ORS 284.754.
(6) "State agency" means an officer, board, commission, department, division, institution, branch or agency in the executive or administrative branch of state government. [2014 c.82 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.753 - Grant, loan and incentive programs; state agencies to apply regional priorities in project funding decisions; factors to consider.

In awarding grants, loans or incentive funds for projects undertaken in connection with grant, loan or incentive programs, state agencies listed in ORS 284.754 (3)(a)(A) to (E) shall, consistent with the programs’ enabling legislation, rules and regulations, use regional priorities for community and economic development as described in ORS 284.754 in the consideration of project funding decisions and base decisions of which projects to undertake upon whether the project will:
(1) Use regional and community-based problem solving.
(2) Support regional and community-based means of integrating state and local resources and services.
(3) Create jobs in relation to the economy and population of the region directly impacted by the project.
(4) Involve investment of capital in relation to the economy and population of the region directly impacted by the project.
(5) Have community support, as indicated by the support of the governing body of the local government.
(6) Have obtained appropriate land use and environmental reviews and authorizations prior to utilization of funds. [2014 c.82 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.771 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 284.771 to 284.801, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region" or "region" means that part of the state that:
(a) Is within 20 miles of the Oregon border with the State of Idaho, and that includes, but is not limited to, the cities of Ontario, Vale and Nyssa;
(b) Includes Willow Creek and Brogan;
(c) Is an area in Oregon that is across the Oregon border from Weiser, Idaho; and
(d) Is an area southwest of Vale for a distance of 10 miles.
(2) "Economic development" means development that:
(a) Relates to and supports:
(A) The economic health or recovery of the region;
(B) Business enterprise and activities in the region; or
(C) Development or certification of regionally significant industrial sites in the region;
(b) Creates jobs or prevents the loss of jobs in the region; or
(c) Promotes or expands businesses or prevents the decline of businesses located or to be located in the region.
(3) "Law" means statutes, administrative rules and any other form of regulation imposed by this state or a political subdivision of this state.
(4) "Local governing body" means either the county court or board of county commissioners of the county.
(5) "Local government" has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.116.
(6) "Regionally significant industrial site" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285B.626.
(7) "Third-party administrator" means the entity with which the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board enters into an agreement pursuant to ORS 284.781 (4).
(8) "Traded sector" has the meaning given that term in ORS 285A.010.
(9)(a) "Workforce development" means activities or services that assist individuals to attain employment, progress along career pathways or establish and maintain businesses and that promote economic development by making skilled employees more readily available.
(b) "Workforce development" includes:
(A) Education, training and apprenticeships;
(B) Labor market analysis;
(C) Employment and reemployment assistance;
(D) Employee recruitment and retention;
(E) Workforce programs that have a primary mission of helping individuals become employed, retain employment, increase wages, progress along career pathways or establish and maintain businesses;
(F) Convening, coordinating, oversight and evaluation activities and services for business and state workforce agencies; and
(G) Development of residential housing necessary to attract and keep employees in the region. [2017 c.703 §1; 2019 c.72 §1; 2020 s.s.1 c.9 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.781 - Duties, functions and powers; rules.

The Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board has the following duties, functions and powers:
(1) To identify policies and strategies that will:
(a) Promote workforce development, including development of residential housing necessary to attract and keep employees in the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region, and economic development;
(b) Facilitate the development and prevent the decline of regionally significant industrial sites;
(c) Create and maintain jobs in the region; and
(d) Improve access to career and technical education, workforce training programs and higher education to enhance the availability of a qualified workforce for employers in the region.
(2) To make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly for policies and strategies intended to improve the availability of career and technical education, workforce training programs and higher education for the purpose of improving the availability of a qualified workforce for employers in the region.
(3) To identify specific laws that place specific workforce development and economic development efforts in the region, including development of residential housing necessary to attract and keep employees in the region, at a competitive disadvantage with respect to the same type of efforts made in the areas across the Oregon border from the region and to take action in accordance with ORS 284.786 upon identifying such laws.
(4) To enter into an agreement with a third-party administrator, subject to approval by the Oregon Business Development Department under ORS 284.783, pursuant to which the third-party administrator shall operate one or more programs to award grants and make loans in accordance with ORS 284.791.
(5) To facilitate collaboration among employers, local governments, state agencies and stakeholders for the purpose of enhancing and expanding workforce development and economic development in the region.
(6) To consult with affected school districts, community colleges and universities and the Employment Department in identifying policies and strategies that will enhance and promote workforce development to improve the availability of a qualified workforce for employers in the region.
(7) To adopt rules that define the region more specifically and to consult with the Oregon Business Development Department in the rulemaking process.
(8) To prescribe the form of the application required under ORS 284.791 (3). [2017 c.703 §4; 2019 c.72 §2; 2020 s.s.1 c.9 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.783 - Agreement with third-party administrator.

(1) Upon finalizing a proposed agreement with a third-party administrator pursuant to ORS 284.781 (4), the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board shall submit the proposed agreement to the Oregon Business Development Department.
(2) The department shall review the proposed agreement and if the department determines that the agreement is sufficient for the purposes of ORS 284.771 to 284.801, department shall:
(a) Notify the board and the third-party administrator of its determination; and
(b) Distribute to the third-party administrator all moneys in the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board Fund established under ORS 284.801 that are available for the purpose of awarding grants and making loans in accordance with ORS 284.791.
(3)(a) If the department determines that the proposed agreement is not sufficient, the department shall return the agreement to the board with recommendations for revising or rejecting the agreement.
(b) The board may consult with the department regarding the department’s recommendations and, with the department’s approval, resubmit the agreement with appropriate changes as necessary.
(4)(a) The board or the third-party administrator may terminate the agreement at any time.
(b) Upon termination of the agreement by either party, the third-party administrator shall transfer all unspent and unobligated moneys remaining from the moneys distributed under subsection (2) of this section to the department for deposit in the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board Fund. [2020 s.s.1 c.9 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.786 - Identification of laws that place region’s development efforts at disadvantage.

(1) Upon identifying a specific law in accordance with ORS 284.781 (3), the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board:
(a) May recommend to the agency, board or commission that imposes or administers the law that the agency, board or commission consider an exception or waiver to the law in order to assist in workforce development and economic development efforts in the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region. Within 60 days of receiving a recommendation from the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board under this paragraph, the agency, board or commission shall review the recommendation and hold a public hearing in the region, or otherwise consider information from the public and stakeholder entities, to determine whether:
(A) The law has repeatedly posed a disadvantage to workforce development or economic development in the region in the last five years compared to comparable laws, rules or other forms of regulation imposed by the State of Idaho or a political subdivision of the State of Idaho; and
(B) An exception or waiver to the specific law may be made for the purpose of furthering workforce development or economic development in the region.
(b) If the agency, board or commission determines that an exception or waiver may not be made under paragraph (a) of this subsection, may recommend to the agency, board or commission or to the Legislative Assembly that a specific exception or waiver be made for the purpose of workforce development or economic development in the region.
(2) The Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board may not recommend an exception or waiver to a specific law if:
(a) The exception or waiver to the law is not permitted by law; or
(b) The law relates to employment or state taxation. [2017 c.703 §5; 2019 c.72 §3; 2020 s.s.1 c.9 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.793 - Annual submission of program information by third-party administrator; board report to legislature.

(1) On or before June 30 of each year, the third-party administrator shall submit the following information from the previous 12 months to the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board:
(a) The number of businesses or regionally significant industrial sites that were assisted with grants awarded and loans made through programs under ORS 284.791;
(b) The types and amount of resources leveraged by the grant and loan moneys;
(c) The return on investment, performance and outcome with respect to jobs and wages in any area of the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region in which grant and loan moneys were utilized; and
(d) Any other information the third-party administrator considers useful in evaluating the experience of the grant and loan programs.
(2)(a) On or before September 15 of each year, the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board, jointly with the Oregon Business Development Department, shall submit a report to the Legislative Assembly, in the manner required under ORS 192.245, that sets forth the information received from the third-party administrator under subsection (1) of this section and any other information from any source that the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board thinks convenient or necessary for evaluating the administration and experience of the grant and loan program established under ORS 284.771 to 284.801.
(b) The Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board’s report may include recommendations for legislation and strategies to improve workforce development and economic development in the region. [2020 s.s.1 c.9 §11; 2022 c.76 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 284 - Organizations for Economic Development › Section 284.796 - Rulemaking.

The Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board shall adopt rules to implement and administer the provisions of ORS 284.771 to 284.801 and may consult with the Oregon Business Development Department in the rulemaking process. [2017 c.703 §7; 2020 s.s.1 c.9 §8]