Bill Text: OR SB930 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to technical assistance provided to emerging growth businesses; appropriating money.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB930 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB930-Engrossed.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 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
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LC 3275

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 930
                 Ordered by the Senate April 28
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 28

Sponsored by Senator EDWARDS, Representative J SMITH; Senator
  WINTERS

                             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.

    { - Requires Oregon Business Development Department to
provide technical assistance with marketing and business
development strategies to emerging growth business upon approval
of application for services. - }
   { +  Requires Oregon Business Development Department to
develop and implement regional Grow Oregon pilot program to
provide marketing and technical assistance to emerging growth
businesses.  Authorizes department to seek funding and enter into
contracts for provision of services to emerging growth
businesses. Requires department to obtain third party evaluation
of pilot program.
  Appropriates money to department for pilot program.
  Sunsets on June 30, 2013. + }

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to technical assistance provided to emerging growth
  businesses; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1)(a) As used in this section, 'emerging
growth business' means a business with high growth potential
that:
  (A) Has between 10 and 99 employees;
  (B) Has between $1 million and $50 million in annual gross
revenues; and
  (C) Is in the traded sector, as defined in ORS 285A.010, and is
positioned for growth.
  (b) The Oregon Business Development Department may modify and
add to the list of the characteristics of an emerging growth
business in paragraph (a) of this subsection by rule.
  (2) The department shall, together with the network of small
business development centers established in ORS 285B.165 to
285B.171 and the Oregon University System, enter into contracts
as necessary to develop and implement a regional Grow Oregon
pilot program based on the findings of the Task Force on Stage
Two Business Development and Economic Gardening created under
section 1, chapter 90, Oregon Laws 2010. The department shall
select the region in which the pilot program under this
subsection is located through a public procurement process with
criteria and measurable outcomes to be determined by the
department.
  (3) The pilot program contracted for, developed and implemented
under subsection (2) of this section shall deliver and provide
one or more of the following services to eligible applicants:
  (a) Consultation, advice and information about targeted
marketing strategies, research and analysis.
  (b) Marketing recommendations, including information about
geographic information systems interpretation.
  (c) Technical assistance and information about the use and
application of social media and technology.
  (4)(a) An emerging growth business may file with the department
an application to receive one or more of the services listed in
subsection (3) of this section. The application must contain or
be accompanied by any required information and fee, and be filed
in such a manner, as the department prescribes by rule.
  (b) The department shall develop by rule criteria, including a
business needs assessment, for the approval of completed
applications filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection.
  (5) The department shall provide the services described in
subsection (3) of this section upon determination that:
  (a) Moneys are available to provide the services applied for;
  (b) The emerging growth business has a need for the services
applied for;
  (c) The emerging growth business has a reasonable prospect of
accessing new markets, creating jobs and increasing revenues with
receipt of the services; and
  (d) The emerging growth business meets the criteria and
conditions of the business needs assessment developed by the
department under subsection (4)(b) of this section.
  (6) The department may charge a reasonable fee to an emerging
growth business whose application has been approved under
subsection (4) of this section for the provision of services
listed in subsection (3) of this section. Fees received under
this subsection may be used by the department for the
administration of the Grow Oregon pilot program and for the
direct costs to approve applications and perform business needs
assessments under subsection (4) of this section.
  (7) The department may, in consultation with the network of
small business development centers established in ORS 285B.165 to
285B.171 and the Oregon University System, seek funding from
federal sources and private sector investments to support the
provision of services to emerging growth businesses under this
section.
  (8) The department may enter into contracts with private,
nonprofit and public business entities for the provision of
services to emerging growth businesses under this section.
  (9) Where possible, the department shall integrate the services
listed in subsection (3) of this section with services that are
available in the existing business development infrastructure
when providing services to a emerging growth business under this
section.
  (10) The department shall obtain an independent third party
evaluation of the Grow Oregon pilot program contracted for,
developed and implemented under subsection (2) of this section
and, following the completion of the evaluation, shall prepare
and submit a report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly
that have authority over the subject areas of business and
economic development on the date of the convening of the next
regular session of the Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS
171.010. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + There is appropriated to the Oregon Business
Development Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2011,
out of the State Lottery Fund, the amount of $___ for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of section 1 of this 2011 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + The Legislative Assembly finds that the
development of a regional pilot program for the provision of
services by the Oregon Business Development Department, as
described in section 1 of this 2011 Act, will assist Oregon
businesses with their business and marketing needs so as to
enhance the positive growth of those businesses and the ability
of those businesses to hire new employees. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) Sections 1 to 3 of this 2011 Act are
repealed on June 30, 2013.
  (2) All moneys appropriated by section 2 of this 2011 Act that
are unexpended and unobligated on the date of the repeal of
sections 1 to 3 of this 2011 Act shall revert to the General Fund
and be available for general governmental expenses. + }
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