Bill Text: OR SB930 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed
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
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 { + braces and plus signs + } . 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. + } ----------