Bill Text: OR HB2285 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to development of large industrial sites; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2285 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2285-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 2661 House Bill 2285 Sponsored by Representative READ (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Requires Oregon Business Development Department to establish and administer Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program providing grants to perform due diligence assessments of large industrial sites, to create detailed development plans to make large industrial sites market-ready and to conduct regional industrial site inventories. Establishes Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Business Development Department. Declares emergency, effective on passage. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to development of large industrial sites; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) A competitive supply of market-ready large industrial sites is critical to the expansion and recruitment of traded sector industries in this state. (2) Traded sector industries are the foundation of state and regional economic development strategies for long-term prosperity and job creation. (3) There is a shortage of market-ready large industrial sites in this state and limited financial tools and developers available to facilitate the development of large industrial sites in this state. (4) Financial assistance is required to facilitate the determination of necessary actions, costs and development-related constraints involved in ensuring the availability of a competitive supply of market-ready large industrial sites suitable for traded sector development in this state. + } SECTION 2. { + As used in sections 1 to 4 of this 2013 Act: (1) 'Due diligence assessment' means an assessment of the actions, costs and timeframes involved in bringing large industrial sites to market-ready status, including but not limited to wetland delineation, geotechnical investigation, environmental assessment and traffic analysis. (2) 'Economic development district' means one of the following: (a) The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation, serving tribal members of the Burns-Paiute Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Klamath Tribes. (b) The Cascades West Economic Development District, serving Benton, Lane, Lincoln and Linn Counties. (c) The Columbia-Pacific Economic Development District, serving Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook Counties and western Washington County. (d) The CCD Business Development Corporation, serving Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties. (e) The Greater Eastern Oregon Development Corporation, serving Gilliam, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Wheeler, Harney and Malheur Counties. (f) The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, serving Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties. (g) The Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, serving Hood River, Wasco and Sherman Counties. (h) The Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments, serving Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties. (i) The South Central Oregon Economic Development District, serving Lake and Klamath Counties. (j) The Northeast Oregon Economic Development District serving Baker, Union and Wallowa Counties. (k) Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc., serving Jackson and Josephine Counties. (L) Greater Portland, Inc.-Portland-Vancouver Economic Development District, serving Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties. (3) 'Industrial use' has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.722. (4) 'Large industrial site' means: (a) A site of 25 acres or greater in a metropolitan statistical area as defined in ORS 267.010; or (b) A site of 15 net acres or greater in a rural area, as defined in ORS 285A.010, that is zoned and planned for industrial use. (5) 'Local government' has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.015. (6) 'Market-ready site' means a large industrial site that has been issued all appropriate and necessary building permits. (7) 'Region' means an economic development district, a port district as defined in ORS 285A.666 or an area within the jurisdiction of a local government. (8) 'Regional industrial land inventory' means an inventory of large industrial sites in a region that identifies development-related constraints and opportunities to develop large industrial sites and that rates the sites based on market-ready status. (9) 'Traded sector' has the meaning given that term in ORS 285A.010. (10) 'Willing property owner' means a public or private property owner that is committed to bringing a large industrial site to a state of market-readiness and pursuing development of the site for industrial and traded sector purposes. + } SECTION 3. { + (1) The Oregon Business Development Department shall establish and administer the Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program. The purpose of the program is to provide grants on a competitive basis, as funds are available, to: (a) Public or private individuals or entities to, with respect to large industrial sites, perform due diligence assessments, define development-related constraints and create detailed development plans to bring the site to a state of market-readiness; and (b) Public or private entities acting on behalf of regions for the purposes of performing regional industrial land inventories and prioritizing sites for further due diligence assessment and site preparation assistance. (2) In each fiscal year of a biennium: (a) Eighty percent of all moneys available for making grants under this section is reserved for grants to be made pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section; and (b) Twenty percent of all moneys available for making grants under this section is reserved for grants to be made pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section. (3) The department may prioritize grants to be made under this section based on established targets for regional allocations. (4) Public or private individuals or entities may apply to participate in the program by submitting an application in writing in a form prescribed by the department by rule. (5) The department shall establish by rule criteria and standards for successful applicants under the program. At a minimum, the applicant must demonstrate that: (a) For grants made under subsection (1)(a) of this section: (A) The applicant has obtained a willing property owner; (B) The applicant has received the support of the region in which the large industrial site is located, or the large industrial site is located in an area that has been designated a regionally significant industrial area as defined in ORS 197.722 in accordance with ORS 197.722 to 197.728; (C) The large industrial site is suitable for traded sector development; (D) The large industrial site is not currently market-ready and has not been certified by the department as ready for development within six months or less as of the date on which the application is submitted; and (E) The applicant can provide matching funds in an amount to be determined by the department. (b) For grants made under subsection (1)(b) of this section: (A) The applicant is committed and has the ability to perform regional industrial land inventories for a specific region; (B) Is committed and has the ability to prioritize large industrial sites in a region for due diligence assessment and site preparation funding; and (C) The applicant can provide matching funds in an amount to be determined by the department. (6) Grants made under subsection (1)(a) of this section may not exceed $100,000 per site. Grants made under subsection (1)(b) of this section may not exceed $50,000 per region. + } SECTION 4. { + The Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program Fund consists of amounts deposited in the fund and other moneys transferred to the fund. Amounts in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of making grants under section 3 of this 2013 Act and to implement and administer sections 1 to 4 of this 2013 Act. + } SECTION 5. { + The Legislative Assembly finds that the implementation and administration of the Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program under sections 1 to 4 of this 2013 Act will further economic development by facilitating the development of large industrial sites that are market-ready in this state. + } SECTION 6. { + There is allocated for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, to the Oregon Business Development Department, the amount of $___ for the purposes of section 3 of this 2013 Act. + } SECTION 7. { + The Oregon Business Development Department shall report on the Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program to the committees of the Seventy-eighth Legislative Assembly with authority over the subject area of economic development during the 2015 regular session. + } SECTION 8. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its passage. + } ----------