ORS 285C.545
Annual limit to cost of facility in granting tax credits

  • discretion of director

(1)

For a renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facility, the total cost that receives a preliminary certification from the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department for tax credits in any calendar year may not exceed:

(a)

$2.5 million in the case of a facility used to manufacture electric vehicles or component parts of electric vehicles; or

(b)

$40 million, in the case of any other facility.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the director may certify a lesser amount than the total cost of the facility, or need not certify any amount, if any of the following conditions exist at the time of preliminary certification:

(a)

The last quarterly economic and revenue forecast for a biennium indicates that moneys available to the General Fund for the next biennium will be at least three percent less than appropriations from the General Fund for the current biennium;

(b)

A quarterly economic and revenue forecast projects that revenues in the General Fund in the current biennium will be at least two percent below what revenues were projected to be in the revenue forecast on which the legislatively adopted budget, as defined in ORS 291.002 (Definitions), for the current biennium was based;

(c)

The proposed facility, in the estimate of the director, does not possess the likelihood of success established in criteria of success under ORS 285C.543 (Rules) (5);

(d)

The proposed facility, in the estimate of the director, is not likely to increase employment in Oregon to the minimum levels required in rules adopted under ORS 285C.543 (Rules) (3);

(e)

The applicant lacks the minimum level of financial viability established in rules adopted under ORS 285C.543 (Rules) (5);

(f)

The applicant is unlikely, in the estimate of the director, to base a decision to relocate or expand a facility in Oregon on allowance of the tax credit, given the criteria established in rules under ORS 285C.543 (Rules) (6); or

(g)

During a time period listed in section 15, chapter 474, Oregon Laws 2011, the director receives applications for preliminary certification with a total amount of potential tax credits in excess of the limitation for the time period.

(3)

The director shall determine the dollar amount certified for any facility and the priority between applications for certification based upon the criteria contained in ORS 285C.540 (Definitions for ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559) to 285C.559 (Revocation of certificate) and applicable rules and standards adopted under ORS 285C.540 (Definitions for ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559) to 285C.559 (Revocation of certificate). The director may consider the status of a facility as a research, development or demonstration facility of new renewable resource generating and conservation technologies in the determination. [2011 c.474 §7]

Source: Section 285C.545 — Annual limit to cost of facility in granting tax credits; discretion of director, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors285C.­html.

285C.045
Short title
285C.050
Definitions for ORS 285C.050 to 285C.250
285C.055
Legislative purpose
285C.060
Duties of Oregon Business Development Department
285C.065
Designation of enterprise zone
285C.066
Department may adopt certain rules
285C.067
Consultation with local taxing districts
285C.068
Port cosponsorship of zones
285C.070
Election to permit hotels, motels or destination resorts as eligible business firms
285C.074
Documentation for zone designation or redesignation to be submitted to department
285C.078
Notification to department of intent to make designation of enterprise zone or zone or city for electronic commerce
285C.085
Federal enterprise zones
285C.090
Requirements for area to be designated zone
285C.095
Designation for electronic commerce
285C.100
Alternative designation of city for electronic commerce
285C.102
Documentation for designation of zone or city for electronic commerce to be submitted to department
285C.105
Duties of zone sponsor
285C.110
Availability of public property
285C.115
Change of zone boundaries
285C.117
Documentation for zone boundary change to be submitted to department
285C.120
Zone boundary change restrictions when county ceases to be sparsely populated
285C.125
Duties of Department of Revenue
285C.130
Duties of county assessor
285C.135
Requirements for eligibility
285C.140
Application for authorization
285C.145
Leasing existing property to authorized firm
285C.150
Conditions required by sponsor for authorization
285C.155
Minimum employment and other requirements for authorization
285C.160
Agreement between firm and sponsor for additional period of exemption
285C.165
Extension of period of authorization
285C.170
Construction-in-process exemption
285C.175
Enterprise zone exemption
285C.180
Qualified property generally
285C.185
Minimum cost of qualified property
285C.190
Requirements for qualifying reconditioned, refurbished, retrofitted or upgraded property
285C.200
Qualifications of business firm
285C.203
Suspension of employment requirements
285C.205
Effect of productivity increases on qualification of certain firms
285C.210
Substantial curtailment of business operations
285C.215
First-source hiring agreements
285C.220
Exemption claims
285C.225
Sponsor’s addendum
285C.230
Assessor to grant or deny exemption
285C.235
Authority of county assessor
285C.240
Disqualification
285C.245
Termination
285C.250
Redesignation or designation of new zone following zone termination
285C.255
Sunset of enterprise zone program
285C.300
Definitions for ORS 285C.300 to 285C.320
285C.303
Legislative findings
285C.306
Reservation enterprise zones and reservation partnership zones
285C.320
Status of reservation enterprise zone and reservation partnership zone
285C.350
Definitions for ORS 285C.350 to 285C.370
285C.353
Designation of rural renewable energy development zones
285C.356
Application for authorization
285C.359
Qualified property
285C.362
Exemption
285C.365
Application of enterprise zone laws
285C.370
Rules
285C.400
Definitions for ORS 285C.400 to 285C.420
285C.403
Certification of business firm
285C.406
Claiming property tax exemption or income tax credit
285C.409
Property tax exemption
285C.412
Conditions for continued exemption
285C.415
Notice to county assessor
285C.420
Disqualification
285C.495
Short title
285C.500
Definitions for ORS 285C.500 to 285C.506
285C.503
Preliminary certification of facility
285C.506
Annual certification of facility
285C.540
Definitions for ORS 285C.540 to 285C.559
285C.543
Rules
285C.545
Annual limit to cost of facility in granting tax credits
285C.547
Application for preliminary certification
285C.549
Transferability of facility tax credit
285C.551
Submission of plans, specifications and contract terms
285C.553
Final certification
285C.555
Rules
285C.557
Certification required for tax credits
285C.559
Revocation of certificate
285C.600
Definitions for ORS 285C.600 to 285C.635
285C.603
Legislative purpose
285C.606
Determination of projects for tax exemption
285C.609
Request by county
285C.612
Eligible project application fees
285C.615
Annual participant reports
285C.620
Confidentiality of project information
285C.623
Strategic investment zones
285C.626
Business firm application for project within strategic investment zone
285C.635
Determination of personal income tax revenue
285C.650
Certification as qualified equity investment
285C.653
Tax credit utilization limit per tax year
285C.656
Suspension or revocation of certificate
285C.659
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