Bill Text: OR SB253 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to development of large industrial sites; and appropriating money.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-21 - Effective date, January 1, 2014. [SB253 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB253-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         Senate Bill 253

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Business, Transportation and Economic Development)

                             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. + }
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