Oregon Statutes 285C.500 – Definitions for ORS 285C.500 to 285C.506
As used in ORS § 285C.500 to 285C.506:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 285C.500
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Business firm’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 285C.050.
(2) ‘County per capita personal income’ means the per capita personal income level published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce for a county.
(3) ‘County unemployment rate’ means the most recently available unemployment rate for the county, as determined by the Employment Department.
(4) ‘Facility’ means the land, real property improvements and personal property that are used by a business firm to conduct business operations, and that are the subject of an application for preliminary certification under ORS § 285C.503 or annual certification under ORS § 285C.506.
(5) ‘Qualified location’ means any area that is:
(a) Zoned for industrial use or is within the urban growth boundary of a city that has 15,000 or fewer residents; and
(b) Located in a county that, during either of the two years preceding the date an application for preliminary certification is filed under ORS § 285C.503, had both:
(A) A county unemployment rate that was in the top half of county unemployment rates in this state; and
(B) A county per capita personal income that was in the bottom half of county per capita personal incomes in this state.
(6) ‘Urban growth boundary’ means an urban growth boundary contained in a city or county comprehensive plan that has been acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to ORS § 197.251 or an urban growth boundary that has been adopted by a metropolitan service district under ORS § 268.390 (3). [Formerly 285B.103; 2005 c.94 § 17; 2005 c.595 § 1]