ORS 285C.600 Definitions for ORS 285C.600 to 285C.635

As used in ORS 285C.600 to 285C.635:

“Affected port” means:

A port district located east of the westernmost dam on the Columbia River; or

A port district that owns land on which any part of a proposed eligible project will be located.

“Business firm” has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050.

“Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region” means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

“Eligible project” means a project that meets criteria established by the Oregon Business Development Commission to be exempt from property taxation under ORS 307.123.

“First-source hiring agreement” has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050.

“Newly created jobs” means, for an eligible project, total jobs less retained jobs.

“Publicly funded job training provider” has the meaning given that term in ORS 285C.050.

“Rural area” means an area located entirely outside of the urban growth boundary of a city with a population of 40,000 or more, as the urban growth boundary is acknowledged on the date on which an applicant submits an application, pursuant to rules adopted by the Oregon Business Development Department, for property tax exemption under ORS 307.123.

“Strategic investment zone” means a geographic area established under ORS 285C.623, within which the property of eligible projects may be exempt from property taxation under ORS 307.123. [Formerly 285B.380; 2005 c.237 §1; 2015 c.518 §1; 2015 c.757 §1; 2023 c.298 §40; 2025 c.489 §2]

Sec. 2. The amendments to ORS 285C.600 by section 1 of this 2015 Act do not apply to:

An eligible project located, or an application for a project to be located, within a strategic investment zone designated before the effective date of this 2015 Act [October 5, 2015].

A parcel of land on which an eligible project is located on the effective date of this 2015 Act.