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Section 285B.050 - Definitions for ORS 285B.050 to 285B.098. - (1) "Applicant" means any county, municipality, person or any combination...
Section 285B.053 - Borrowing money from Oregon Business Development Fund; application; report. - (2) Any applicant receiving a loan from the fund shall...
Section 285B.059 - Conditions for commission approval of project; limits; exceptions. - (a) The proposed business development project is feasible and a...
Section 285B.062 - Loan contract; required provisions; repayment plan; state liability. - (1) A plan for repayment by the applicant to the...
Section 285B.063 - Annual adjustment of maximum contract amounts. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the adjusted maximum...
Section 285B.068 - Payment of moneys for project; applicant to pay percentage of loan principal to Oregon Business Development Fund. - (2) Immediately upon receiving the loan proceeds, the applicant shall...
Section 285B.080 - Director as agent; duties; authority to approve loans. - (2) The director shall ensure that all provisions of ORS...
Section 285B.081 - Repayment and collection; rules. - Note: 285B.081 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 285B.086 - Authorization to lend funds for joint governmental projects or match money; form of loan application; loan limit. - (2) Any application for a loan under this section shall...
Section 285B.089 - Loan contract; required provisions; repayment schedule. - (1) That the loan bear interest at the same rate...
Section 285B.092 - Oregon Business Development Fund; uses; transfer of unobligated funds. - (a) Administrative expenses of the commission in marketing public business...
Section 285B.093 - Oregon Targeted Development Account; purpose; exemption from minimum interest rate. - (2) The purpose of the Oregon Targeted Development Account is...
Section 285B.109 - Definitions for ORS 285B.109 to 285B.119. - (1) "Brownfield" or "brownfields" has the meaning given that term...
Section 285B.113 - Contracts with financial institutions to participate in program; required contents; disclosure of information. - (2) A contract between the department and a financial institution...
Section 285B.115 - Loss reserve accounts; policies; rules; moneys as property of state. - (2) The loss reserve account for a financial institution shall...
Section 285B.117 - Enrollment of qualified loan in program; notice to department; fees; transfers to loss reserve accounts; rules and limits for loans. - (2) When making a qualified loan that will be enrolled...
Section 285B.118 - Claims for reimbursement of losses; reimbursable costs; repayment to loss reserve account. - (2) Costs for which a financial institution may be reimbursed...
Section 285B.119 - Capital Access Fund; investment; retrieval of interest; administrative expenses. - (2) Moneys in the Capital Access Fund, with the approval...
Section 285B.123 - Purpose. - (2) As used in the Oregon Small Business Development Act...
Section 285B.130 - Loans from Small Business Expansion Loan Fund; application fees; eligibility; loan agreements; loan limits; moneys reserved for low to moderate income applicants; rules. - (2) The department may charge fees in connection with an...
Section 285B.133 - Small Business Expansion Loan Fund; purposes; sources of moneys; special transfers to and from fund. - (a) Payment of loans to applicants approved under ORS 285B.130....
Section 285B.168 - Grants; application; required provisions; authorized uses; eligibility; subcontracts; report. - (a) Plans for providing small business owners and managers individual...
Section 285B.169 - Centers to collaborate with state agencies and private sector. - (1) Refer small businesses that could benefit from the services...
Section 285B.178 - Definitions for Microenterprise Development Act. - (1) "Local microenterprise support organization" means a community development corporation,...
Section 285B.179 - Purposes of Microenterprise Development Act. - (1) Ensure that microenterprises in Oregon are able to realize...
Section 285B.186 - Short title. - Note: See note under 285B.178.
Section 285B.200 - Definitions for ORS 285B.200 to 285B.218. - (1) "Brownfield" or "brownfields" has the meaning given that term...
Section 285B.203 - Purpose of Credit Enhancement Fund. - (1) Create incentives and assistance to increase the flow of...
Section 285B.206 - Duties of department; rules; application procedure; agreement contents. - (2) In administering the program created by ORS 285B.200 to...
Section 285B.209 - Fees and terms for loan and credit guarantees. - (2) The department, with due regard for the possibility of...
Section 285B.215 - Credit Enhancement Fund; uses; sources. - (a) Payment of claims pursuant to contracts for loan or...
Section 285B.218 - Pledge to assure repayment; transfer of funds to pay claims. - (2) If the balances in the Credit Enhancement Fund are...
Section 285B.233 - Legislative findings; purpose. - (2) The Legislative Assembly declares that the purpose of ORS...
Section 285B.236 - Guidelines for local economic development strategies; required provisions; rules. - (2) The guidelines shall provide that the local economic development...
Section 285B.260 - Local Economic Opportunity Fund; uses; rules. - (2) The department may use moneys in the Local Economic...
Section 285B.266 - Strategic Reserve Fund; uses. - (2) The fund shall not be used to retire any...
Section 285B.283 - Policy. - (1) Working with private firms, industry associations and others, to...
Section 285B.286 - Entrepreneurial and industry development activities. - (1) Focus groups and other meetings and related studies to...
Section 285B.290 - Industry Competitiveness Fund; uses. - Note: 285B.290 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 285B.323 - Definitions for ORS 285B.320 to 285B.371. - (a) "Bond" or "revenue bond" means a revenue bond, as...
Section 285B.326 - Request for issuance of bonds; fees; rules; reimbursement for expenses. - (2) For bonding purposes, the commission may treat any number...
Section 285B.329 - Review of project by commission; exception. - (2) The commission is not required to make the determination...
Section 285B.335 - Powers of department; lease requirements. - (a) Enter into agreements to finance the costs of an...
Section 285B.338 - Powers of commission. - (1) Acquire, construct and hold in whole or in part...
Section 285B.344 - Issuance of bonds. - (2) The department or the State Treasurer may appoint bond...
Section 285B.362 - Covenants in bonds. - (1) The rents to be charged for the use of...
Section 285B.365 - Limitations of bonds; recitals. - (a) Shall not be payable from nor charged upon any...
Section 285B.368 - Powers and rights of bondholders. - (1) By action or proceeding for legal or equitable remedies,...
Section 285B.410 - Definitions for ORS 285B.410 to 285B.482. - (1) "Airport" means: (a) A runway, taxiway, aircraft parking apron,...
Section 285B.413 - Legislative findings; purpose; use of moneys; rules. - (a) The improvement, expansion and new construction of the state’s...
Section 285B.419 - Administration of Special Public Works Fund; rules and policies. - (2) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority shall manage the Special...
Section 285B.420 - Financial assistance for levee projects; required findings. - (a) Drainage districts organized under ORS chapter 547; (b) Corporations...
Section 285B.421 - Levee Project Grant Fund; limits; matching funds; rural and distressed areas. - (2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the...
Section 285B.422 - Funding to municipalities for development projects; criteria for project funding; prohibited uses. - (2) The project must be municipally owned and operated either...
Section 285B.437 - Contract with municipality; required provisions; repayment. - (a) A provision that the liability of the state under...
Section 285B.440 - Primary use of moneys in fund; standards for awarding grants; limitations; rules. - (b) If the authority approves funding, the authority shall determine...
Section 285B.449 - Effect of failure to comply or default. - (2) Moneys withheld under subsection (1) of this section shall...
Section 285B.455 - Special Public Works Fund; uses; administration of fund. - (2) The fund shall consist of all moneys credited to...
Section 285B.456 - Levee Project Subaccount. - (2) The department may accept grants, donations, contributions or gifts...
Section 285B.460 - Funding and assistance for planning projects. - (2) The planning project may be a stand-alone project. (3)...
Section 285B.462 - Funding and assistance for emergency projects. - (2) The authority may award grant funding to an emergency...
Section 285B.465 - Allowable costs of projects. - (1) Financing costs, including capitalized interest; (2) Direct project management...
Section 285B.467 - Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority to determine eligibility for revenue bond financing; rules; request for issuance; allowable costs. - (2) After a determination is made that a development project...
Section 285B.470 - Powers of authority. - (1) Make all contracts, execute all instruments and do all...
Section 285B.473 - Issuance of revenue bonds. - (2) The department or the State Treasurer may appoint bond...
Section 285B.476 - Application of law to revenue bonds; proceeds; maximum duration of loans. - (2) The proceeds of revenue bonds issued and sold under...
Section 285B.479 - Nature of revenue bonds. - (a) May not be payable from nor charged upon any...
Section 285B.482 - Revenue bonds as parity bonds; consolidation of bond proceeds; loans and consolidated funds as security for water or development projects. - (2) Proceeds of revenue bonds issued and sold under ORS...
Section 285B.500 - Purpose of ORS 285B.500 to 285B.512; legislative findings. - (a) It is a matter of statewide importance to increase...
Section 285B.503 - Oregon Unified International Trade Fund; uses. - (a) Paying all or a portion of the costs of:...
Section 285B.506 - Grant agreements; maximum grant amount; required provisions; assignment of right to receive grant moneys; agreement not to constitute state debt or liability. - (2) The total amount paid to the primary sponsor under...
Section 285B.509 - Agreements between primary sponsor and United States. - Note: See note under 285B.500.
Section 285B.512 - End of lottery allocations upon certification by administrator of authority. - (a) Sufficient funds are on hand in the account to...
Section 285B.515 - "Primary sponsor" and "project sponsor" defined. - Note: See note under 285B.500.
Section 285B.530 - Definitions for ORS 285B.530 to 285B.548. - (1) "Infrastructure lottery bonds" means the bonds authorized to be...
Section 285B.533 - Issuance of infrastructure lottery bonds; amount; use of bond proceeds. - (2) The net proceeds from the sale of the infrastructure...
Section 285B.548 - Amount of infrastructure lottery bonds. - Note: See note under 285B.530.
Section 285B.551 - Issuance of additional lottery bonds; uses; maximum amounts; Economic Infrastructure Project Fund. - (a) To provide financial and other assistance, including but not...
Section 285B.560 - Definitions for ORS 285B.560 to 285B.599. - (1) "Direct project management costs" means new expenses incurred by...
Section 285B.563 - Water Fund; uses; conditions for making loan; grant awards; investment of fund moneys; rules and policies. - (2)(a) Moneys in the Water Fund may be obligated to...
Section 285B.572 - Eligibility of project for revenue bond financing; rules; decision to issue bonds. - (2) Upon determining that a water project is eligible for...
Section 285B.575 - Issuance of revenue bonds. - (2) The department or the State Treasurer may appoint bond...
Section 285B.578 - Nature of revenue bonds. - (a) Shall not be payable from nor charged upon any...
Section 285B.581 - Repayment plans; required provisions; loan contract; sources for repayment. - (a) Shall provide for evidence of debt assurance of, and...
Section 285B.584 - Powers of authority. - (1) Make all contracts, execute all instruments and do all...
Section 285B.587 - Deposit and use of bond proceeds. - (2) Proceeds of revenue bonds issued and sold under ORS...
Section 285B.599 - Effect of failure to repay to Water Fund; default. - (2) Moneys withheld under subsection (1) of this section shall...
Section 285B.600 - Definitions for ORS 285B.600 to 285B.620. - (1) "Certified employer" means an eligible employer certified under ORS...
Section 285B.602 - Rules. - (1) Further define the terms defined in ORS 285B.600 in...
Section 285B.605 - Certification of eligible employers; time period to approve application. - (a) Employers maintaining certain levels of payroll or per-employee compensation...
Section 285B.608 - Application for certification; requirements. - (2) The application shall be made in writing in a...
Section 285B.610 - Revocation of certificate. - (a) The certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; or...
Section 285B.615 - Oregon Business Retention and Expansion Program; purpose; agreements; contents; loans. - (2) The Oregon Business Development Department shall enter into agreements...
Section 285B.618 - Department estimate of program tax revenues; methodology. - (1) Specify the methodology for estimating incremental Oregon Business Retention...
Section 285B.620 - Oregon Business Retention and Expansion Program Fund; sources; uses. - Note: See note under 285B.600.
Section 285B.622 - Transfer of moneys from Strategic Reserve Fund. - (2) Unless approved by the Joint Committee on Ways and...
Section 285B.625 - Legislative findings. - (1) Traded sector industries are the foundation of state and...
Section 285B.626 - Definitions for ORS 285B.625 to 285B.632. - (1) "Eligible employer" means an employer that: (a) Is conducting...
Section 285B.627 - Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program; purpose; application; tax reimbursement arrangement; loan agreement; rules. - (a) Enter into tax reimbursement arrangements with qualified project sponsors...
Section 285B.630 - Department to obtain employment and wage information for eligible employers at regionally significant industrial sites and determine estimated incremental income tax revenues; transfer of certified amounts to fund; rules. - (2) After obtaining the employment and wage information described in...
Section 285B.632 - Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Program Fund; sources; uses. - Note: See note under 285B.625.
Section 285B.635 - Legislative findings. - (1) A competitive supply of market-ready regionally significant industrial sites...
Section 285B.636 - Definitions for ORS 285B.635 to 285B.640. - (1) "Due diligence assessment" means an assessment of the actions,...
Section 285B.637 - Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Assessment Program; purpose; application; grant eligibility; limitations; rules. - (a) Public owners of regionally significant industrial sites or public...
Section 285B.640 - Oregon Industrial Site Readiness Assessment Program Fund; sources; uses. - Note: See note under 285B.635.
Section 285B.642 - Findings in furtherance of economic development. - Note: See note under 285B.635.
Section 285B.651 - Definitions for ORS 285B.651 to 285B.676. - (1) "City" means a city, town or other community located...
Section 285B.655 - Distributions to assist rural jurisdictions with applications for funding. - (2) The district association shall assist, or provide for assistance...
Section 285B.660 - Oregon Business Development Department to develop policy for distributions, work with district association, oversee rural grant services. - (1) Develop the policy guiding the implementation of ORS 285B.651...
Section 285B.664 - Requirements for member district receiving moneys; agreements with regional solutions advisory committees; quarterly reports; member district hiring authority. - (2)(a) The member district shall expend the moneys solely to...
Section 285B.670 - Annual report to legislature by Oregon Business Development Department. - (2) At a minimum, the report required under this section...
Section 285B.676 - Oregon Rural Capacity Fund. - (2) Moneys in the fund consist of: (a) Amounts appropriated...
Section 285B.740 - Legislative intent; delegation of loan program responsibilities; powers of department; loan fees. - (1) The department may contract with any nonprofit corporation or...
Section 285B.743 - Application for entrepreneurial development loan; eligibility; rules. - (2) Upon receipt of an application under this section, the...
Section 285B.746 - Conditions for loan approval. - (a) The applicant is enrolled in a small business management...
Section 285B.749 - Additional conditions for loan approval; maximum term and amount of loan. - (a) The loan has a reasonable prospect of repayment from...
Section 285B.753 - Indexing of annual revenue limit amount and maximum loan amount. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section: (a) The adjusted...
Section 285B.758 - Oregon Entrepreneurial Development Loan Fund; uses. - (a) Administrative costs of the department incurred in processing loan...
Section 285B.764 - Definitions for ORS 285B.764 to 285B.775. - (1) "Eligible business" means one of the following businesses as...
Section 285B.768 - Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement loan program; limits and requirements. - (2) Loans made under the program may be for the...
Section 285B.771 - Application process; assistance from technical assistance provider required; referral of application to Oregon Business Development Department; payment of closing costs; payment of loan proceeds. - (2) The application must, at a minimum, require the inclusion...
Section 285B.774 - Disadvantaged and Emerging Small Business Loan Fund. - (a) Paying the actual costs of the department in administering...
Section 285B.775 - Annual report by Oregon Business Development Department to legislature. - (a) The number of loans made; (b) The amounts of...
Section 285B.780 - Purpose. - Note: 285B.780 to 285B.799 were enacted into law by the...
Section 285B.784 - Definitions for ORS 285B.780 to 285B.799. - (1) "Loan loss reserve account" or "account" means an account...
Section 285B.787 - RFP process for awards to lenders; limits; approval criteria. - (b) The awards shall be made, through a competitive RFP...
Section 285B.791 - Agreements with lenders; terms; waiver and breach of lender obligations upon borrower default; minimum total loan principal amount. - (2) A written agreement entered into pursuant to this section...
Section 285B.794 - Annual report by lenders. - (2) With respect to qualified loans made by the lender,...
Section 285B.797 - Release of lender and use of balance in account; repayment of balance. - (A) Performed under the written agreement entered into with the...
Section 285B.799 - Biennial report by Oregon Business Development Department to legislature. - (1) The number and total dollar amount of RFPs received...