Title 26A, Economic Development

(1) The Oregon Broadband Advisory Council is established within the Oregon Business Development Department. The council consists of 13 members appointed as follows: (a) The Governor shall appoint 11 members who, to the extent possible, represent geographically diverse regions of …

(1) The Oregon Broadband Advisory Council Fund is established, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council Fund are continuously appropria…

The Oregon Broadband Advisory Council shall submit a report by September 15 of each year to the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology on the following subjects: (1) The status of any broadband strategies developed by the Oregon Broadband Office and …

(1) The Oregon Broadband Office is created within the Oregon Business Development Department. (2) The Oregon Broadband Office shall: (a) Advocate for the adoption of public policies that close the continuing digital divide by removing barriers to and supporting broadband infrastr…

(1) The Broadband Fund is established, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Broadband Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the Broadband Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department to be used by the Oreg…

(1) The Oregon Broadband Office shall develop a Broadband Action Plan and a Digital Equity Plan that address the requirements of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). (2) The Broadband Action Plan must, at a minimum, address: (a) Investment priorities; (b) Ali…

(1) The Oregon Broadband Office shall collect geospatial data, including data that is reported to the Federal Communications Commission, and other data as necessary from Internet service providers and entities with broadband infrastructure in this state for the purpose of assisti…

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department shall provide financial assistance in the form of loans or grants for the purpose of supporting broadband access, affordability and adoption. (2) The department may establish one or more programs for providing financial assistance un…

(1) If the Oregon Business Development Department establishes a program to support broadband service infrastructure under ORS 285A.180 that provides loans or grants using moneys from the federal Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (42 U.S.C. 804), the following shall apply: (a) For…

(1) As used in this section, “brownfield” means real property where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination. (2) The Oregon Business Development Department shall assist private persons and local governments to redevelop brownfi…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Environmental action” means activities undertaken to: (A) Determine if a release has occurred or may occur, if the release or potential release poses a significant threat to human health or the environment or if additional remedial actions may be…

(1) There is established in the Oregon Business Development Department the Oregon Coalition Brownfields Cleanup Program. (2) The department may make grants, loans and expenditures from the Oregon Coalition Brownfields Cleanup Fund to provide financial or other assistance to publi…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, a revolving fund known as the Oregon Coalition Brownfields Cleanup Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Coalition Brownfields Cleanup Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the …

As used in ORS 285A.193 to 285A.198, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Affordable housing” means: (a) Rental housing that is occupied by households with incomes equal to or less than 60 percent of the median income for the county or the state, whichever is higher, adjus…

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department shall establish and administer a program in accordance with ORS 285A.193 to 285A.198 under which the department may make forgivable loans for the purpose of reimbursing private owners or operators for the eligible costs incurred in t…

(1) An owner or operator of a brownfield seeking a forgivable loan, including any enhancements, under ORS 285A.194 must submit to the Oregon Business Development Department an application in a form prescribed by the department, including: (a) An affidavit signed under penalty for…

(1) A forgivable loan made under ORS 285A.195 shall be forgiven upon submission by the owner or operator of all documentation required by the Oregon Business Development Department, including, but not limited to, an affidavit signed under penalty for false swearing: (a) Stating t…

The Oregon Business Development Department shall establish by rule the procedures and criteria for administration of the program established under ORS 285A.193 to 285A.198, including, but not limited to, the methods of determining: (1) The distribution of forgivable loans; (2) Th…

(1) The Oregon Brownfield Properties Revitalization Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Brownfield Properties Revitalization Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the Oregon Brownfield P…

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department may accept gifts of money or other property from any public or private agency or person made for the purpose of assisting the department to carry out any programs or laws that the department is charged with administering. Moneys so r…

(1) In each calendar year, the Oregon Business Development Department shall prepare, in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles, a financial statement for individual funding programs as required by law. (2) The financial statements required by this s…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. All moneys in the Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the …

(1) It is the purpose of the Business Retention Fund to assist businesses, communities and workers affected by significant business transitions, economic dislocation or the possibility of economic dislocations to evaluate and implement alternative business or community opportunit…

(1) There is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Business, Innovation and Trade Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Business, Innovation and Trade Fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the Oregon Business, Innovat…

The University Innovation Research Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the University Innovation Research Fund must be credited to the fund. The fund consists of all moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited o…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) There is a new emerging global economy in which countries and regions located in specific areas of the world are forging new cooperative arrangements. (2) These new cooperative arrangements are increasing the competitiveness of the partici…

The Pacific Northwest Economic Region is established by law and entered into by the State of Oregon as a party, and is in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of ORS 285A.240 and this section. _________________________________________________________________________…

As used in ORS 285A.300 to 285A.312, “fund” means the Title I Bank Fund. [Formerly 285.680; 1999 c.509 §12]

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) Local government is experiencing increasing difficulty in obtaining necessary financing for eligible community development projects, such as public works projects, causing project delays and significant increased costs to property owne…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Title I Bank Fund. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority to provide financ…

All payments, receipts and interest from outstanding indebtedness shall be retained and accumulated in the Title I Bank Fund and used for the purposes specified in ORS 285A.303. [Formerly 285.687; 1999 c.509 §14]

All federal overlay statutes associated with moneys received from the federal Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program for Small Cities shall continue to apply to the use of those moneys in the Title I Bank Fund received from sources described in OR…

(1) Any port organized under the laws of this state, any municipal corporation in this state or any dock commission of any city of this state may apply to the United States for permission and may establish, operate and maintain foreign trade zones within or without their boundari…

Klamath International Trade & Transportation Services (KITTS), an Oregon corporation, is authorized by ORS 285A.325 and 285A.328 to establish, operate and maintain a foreign trade zone in this state. [1997 c.499 §2] Note: 285A.328 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly …

The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the purpose of ORS 285A.340 to 285A.349: (1) To assist the development of small businesses, with special emphasis on increasing the percentage of businesses owned by women and members of minority groups; (2) To encourage competition am…

(1)(a) The Oregon Business Development Department may purchase business assistance services from public or private organizations for delivery to small businesses in this state or may provide grants to public or private organizations to support, aid, stimulate or otherwise affect …

The Oregon Business Development Department shall evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of business assistance services to small businesses. [Formerly 285.127; 2003 c.773 §7; 2007 c.804 §15; 2009 c.830 §31] Note: See note under 285A.340.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that the demand in Oregon for local food is surging, that the interest in farming among younger generations is on the rise and that access to capital is one of the most important factors contributing to the development and success of a local mar…

As used in ORS 285A.420 to 285A.435: (1) “Agricultural improvements” means any improvements, buildings, structures or fixtures suitable for use in farming that are located on agricultural land. (2) “Agricultural land” means land located in this state that is suitable for use in f…

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with the State Department of Agriculture and potential lenders, shall create the Beginning and Expanding Farmer Loan Program to facilitate the making of loans to beginning farmers to finance the acquisition of an app…

(1) At the request of the Oregon Business Development Department, the State Treasurer may from time to time issue revenue bonds to: (a) Finance agricultural projects determined eligible for financing under ORS 285A.420 to 285A.435; (b) Refund bonds issued for the program; or (c) …

(1) The Oregon Business Development Department may: (a) Lend the proceeds of revenue bonds authorized by ORS 285A.420 to 285A.435 for approved agricultural projects. (b) Make contracts, execute instruments and do what is necessary or appropriate to carry out ORS 285A.420 to 285A.…

(1) There is created the Beginning and Expanding Farmer Loan Program Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Beginning and Expanding Farmer Loan Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys credited to the fund are continuously appropri…

As used in ORS 285A.510 to 285A.522: (1) “Community” means an area or locality in which the inhabitants have common economic or employment interests and which is undergoing an economic emergency. The term is not limited to a city, county or other political subdivision and need no…

The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of Oregon to assist employers, workers and communities in this state in coping with the effects of plant closings, mass layoffs and other economic dislocations. [Formerly 285.453]

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission is the state agency that shall be notified when an employer is required to provide written notice of a plant closing or mass layoff under section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (P.L. 100-379). [Formerly 285.…

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall notify employers subject to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (P.L. 100-379) that the commission is the state agency that must be notified when the employers are required to provide notice of a plant closi…

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall prepare an annual report concerning plant closings and mass layoffs in this state. The report shall describe in detail each plant closing or mass layoff during the period covered by the report and the assistance and services …

(1) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to include Oregon’s ports in planning and implementing economic development and transportation programs. To that end, the Oregon Business Development Commission and the Oregon Business Development Departmen…

As used in ORS 285A.603 to 285A.627, unless the context requires otherwise, “port” means the Port of Portland and any port formed pursuant to ORS 777.005 to 777.725 and 777.915 to 777.953. [Formerly 285.805; 2003 c.802 §153; 2007 c.804 §23]