(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:

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(a) ‘Assumed increment‘ means the assessed value of the increment in the prior year, increased by the average percentage increase of the increment, if any, during the three prior years.

(b) ‘Large metropolitan plan‘ means a plan for an urban renewal area by a city with a population of more than 500,000 on January 1, 2010, that is either first approved on or after January 1, 2010, or is substantially amended to increase maximum indebtedness on or after January 1, 2010.

(c) ‘Maximum division of taxes’ means the maximum amount of funds that may be raised for an urban renewal plan by dividing the taxes as provided in section 1c, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, as described in ORS § 457.440 (5), without regard to notices to assessors under this section or ORS § 457.455 (1) or adjustments made pursuant to ORS § 457.435 (2)(c).

(d) ‘Transition amount’ means the maximum division of taxes for a plan in the year in which the plan is first substantially amended to increase maximum indebtedness on or after January 1, 2010.

(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, an urban renewal agency may notify the assessor to collect the maximum division of taxes for a plan, other than a large metropolitan plan, that is first approved on or after January 1, 2010.

(b) Beginning with the later of the 11th year after the initial approval of the plan or the first year after the year in which the maximum division of taxes equals or exceeds 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is not greater than the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan; and

(B) 25 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan.

(c) Beginning with the first year after the year in which the division of taxes equals or exceeds 12.5 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an amount of assessed value that the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues that does not exceed 12.5 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan.

(d) After computing the assessed value as required under paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection, an urban renewal agency shall further modify the value if, for reasons other than use of the assumed increment, the value included in the prior year’s notice to the assessor resulted in division of tax revenues different from the respective target amounts under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection. The modification under this paragraph may not exceed an amount that would result in the difference between the actual revenues and the target amounts.

(3)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, an urban renewal agency may notify the assessor to collect the maximum division of taxes for a plan, other than a large metropolitan plan, that is substantially amended on or after January 1, 2010, to increase maximum indebtedness.

(b) Beginning with the later of the year after the year in which the plan is substantially amended or the 11th year after the plan was initially approved, when the maximum division of taxes exceeds 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is not greater than the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of:

(i) 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan; or

(ii) The transition amount; and

(B) 25 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of:

(i) 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan; or

(ii) The transition amount.

(c) Beginning with the first year after the year in which the division of taxes equals or exceeds the greater of 12.5 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan or the transition amount, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an amount of assessed value that the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues that does not exceed the greater of 12.5 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan or the transition amount.

(d) After computing the assessed value as required under paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection, an agency shall further modify the value if, for reasons other than use of the assumed increment, the value included in the prior year’s notice to the assessor resulted in division of tax revenues different from the respective target amounts under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection. The modification under this paragraph may not exceed an amount that would result in the difference between the actual revenues and the target amounts.

(4)(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) to (d) of this subsection, an urban renewal agency may notify the assessor to impose the maximum division of taxes for a large metropolitan plan that is initially approved on or after January 1, 2010.

(b) In the first year after the year in which the maximum division of taxes equals or exceeds three percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is not greater than the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to three percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan; and

(B) 75 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to three percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection, beginning with the year after the year described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is not greater than the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greatest amount of division of tax revenues the agency was permitted to use in any prior year to compute assessed value under this paragraph or paragraph (b) of this subsection; and

(B) 75 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greatest amount of division of tax revenues the agency was permitted to use in any prior year under this paragraph or paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(d) Beginning with the first year after the year described in paragraph (c) of this subsection in which the division of tax revenues equals or exceeds 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues that does not exceed 10 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness in the plan.

(e) After computing the assessed value as required under paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this subsection, an agency shall further modify the value if, for reasons other than use of the assumed increment, the value included in the prior year’s notice to the assessor resulted in division of tax revenues different from the respective target amounts under paragraphs (b) to (d) of this subsection. The modification under this paragraph may not exceed an amount that would result in the difference between the actual revenues and the target amounts.

(5)(a) As used in this subsection, ‘substantial amendment‘ refers to the first substantial amendment to increase maximum indebtedness for the urban renewal plan after January 1, 2010.

(b) This subsection applies to an urban renewal plan that becomes a large metropolitan plan because it is substantially amended to increase its maximum indebtedness on or after January 1, 2010. This subsection applies beginning in the first year after the year in which the urban renewal plan is first amended to increase its maximum indebtedness on or after January 1, 2010. Except as provided in paragraphs (c) to (e) of this subsection, an urban renewal agency may notify the assessor to impose the maximum division of taxes.

(c) In the first year following a year that the maximum division of taxes exceeds three percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately before the substantial amendment, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is not greater than the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of:

(i) The transition amount; or

(ii) Three percent of the maximum indebtedness in the plan immediately before the substantial amendment; and

(B) 75 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of:

(i) The transition amount; or

(ii) Three percent of the maximum indebtedness in the plan immediately before the substantial amendment.

(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this subsection, beginning with the year after the year described in paragraph (c) of this subsection, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is not greater than the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greatest amount of division of tax revenues the agency was permitted to use in any prior year to compute assessed value under this paragraph or paragraph (c) of this subsection; and

(B) 75 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greatest amount of division of tax revenues the agency was permitted to use in any prior year under this paragraph or paragraph (c) of this subsection.

(e) Beginning with the first year after the year in which the division of tax revenues equals or exceeds the greater of the transition amount or 10 percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately before the substantial amendment, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an amount of assessed value that is not greater than an amount the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of the transition amount or 10 percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately before the substantial amendment.

(f) After computing the assessed value as required under paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of this subsection, an agency shall further modify the value if, for reasons other than use of the assumed increment, the value included in the prior year’s notice to the assessor resulted in division of tax revenues different from the respective target amounts under paragraphs (c) to (e) of this subsection. The modification under this paragraph may not exceed an amount that would result in the difference between the actual revenues and the target amounts.

(6)(a) The initial maximum indebtedness for a large metropolitan plan that is initially approved after January 1, 2010, shall be established as provided in ORS § 457.190 (4)(a) to (c).

(b) Beginning in 2010, the dollar amounts in this subsection may be increased on July 1 of any year by the percent change in average construction costs since July 1, 2009, according to the Engineering News-Record Northwest (Seattle, Washington) Construction Cost Index. The adjusted dollar amounts may be used only when a large metropolitan plan is initially approved.

(c) The maximum indebtedness may not be increased by more than 20 percent of the initial maximum indebtedness of the plan.

(d) The maximum indebtedness for a plan that becomes a large metropolitan plan because it is substantially amended on or after January 1, 2010, to increase its maximum indebtedness may not be increased above 20 percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately before the first substantial amendment to increase maximum indebtedness that was made on or after January 1, 2010.

(7) Limitations imposed under this section and ORS § 457.190 (4), 457.220 (4) and 457.455 do not apply to the extent the municipality approving a plan obtains the written concurrence of taxing districts imposing at least 75 percent of the amount of taxes imposed under permanent rate limits in the urban renewal area. For plans that are initially approved or substantially amended on or after January 1, 2010, compliance with this section is determined based on the amount of taxes imposed under permanent rate limits in the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the plan is approved or amended, as applicable.

(8) For purposes of this section, a plan is treated as approved or amended on the day on which the municipality took final action to enact the nonemergency ordinance approving or amending the plan.

(9) The amounts shown in the certified statement filed under ORS § 457.430 are not affected by subsections (2) to (5) of this section. If the increment for an area is less than the assessed value that the assessor is directed to use under subsections (2) to (5) of this section, the division of taxes shall be computed based on the increment and the assessor shall impose the maximum division of taxes for the plan.

(10)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, as used in this subsection, ‘transition amount’ means the maximum division of taxes for the plan in the fiscal year that the first amendment made after June 1, 2008, to increase maximum indebtedness takes effect.

(b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this section to the contrary, an urban renewal plan that was first approved in 1998 and had an initial maximum indebtedness of $224,780,350 may be substantially amended after June 1, 2008, to increase maximum indebtedness by not more than $343,719,650.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection, an urban renewal agency may notify the assessor to collect the maximum division of taxes for an urban renewal plan described in paragraph (b) of this subsection that is substantially amended to increase its maximum indebtedness after June 1, 2008.

(d) Beginning with the first fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the first amendment made after June 1, 2008, to increase maximum indebtedness in the plan described in paragraph (b) of this subsection takes effect that the maximum division of taxes exceeds three percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately after the first amendment made after June 1, 2008, to increase maximum indebtedness takes effect, the agency shall notify the assessor pursuant to ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) to compute the division of taxes for the urban renewal area using an assessed value that is the sum of:

(A) The amount of assessed value the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of:

(i) The transition amount; or

(ii) Three percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately after the first amendment made after June 1, 2008, to increase maximum indebtedness takes effect; and

(B) 75 percent of the amount by which the assumed increment exceeds the assessed value of the increment the agency estimates will produce division of tax revenues equal to the greater of:

(i) The transition amount; or

(ii) Three percent of the maximum indebtedness in effect for the plan immediately after the first amendment made after June 1, 2008, to increase maximum indebtedness takes effect.

(e)(A) To the extent permitted by law, a plan amendment described in this subsection shall provide direct economic benefits to the county in which the plan’s urban renewal area is located in the following amounts:

(i) If the plan is substantially amended to increase maximum indebtedness by $343,719,650 or more, at least $35,000,000.

(ii) If the plan is amended to increase maximum indebtedness by less than $343,719,650, no less than 10.18 percent of any increase in maximum indebtedness.

(B) Benefits required under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be paid as follows:

(i) $10,000,000 no later than June 30, 2014; and

(ii) The balance no later than June 30, 2021.

(11)(a) The Director of the Department of Revenue shall adopt rules necessary to apportion assessed value among tax code areas in an urban renewal area for which the urban renewal agency has notified the assessor pursuant to this section or ORS § 457.440 (2)(d) or 457.455 to compute the division of taxes.

(b) The director may adopt any rule necessary or convenient for the imposition and collection of taxes under this section or ORS § 457.455.

(12) The taxing districts affected by the urban renewal plan and the urban renewal agency are not liable for any amount by which amounts intended to be collected pursuant to this section differ from the targeted amounts in subsections (2) to (5) of this section. The sole remedy for any difference is the agency’s modification of assessed value in subsequent years’ notices as provided in subsections (2)(d), (3)(d), (4)(e) and (5)(f) of this section. [2009 c.700 § 10]