71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 2787
 
                         House Bill 3557
 
Sponsored by Representative DEVLIN; Representatives GARDNER,
  JOHNSON, MINNIS, WILLIAMS, WITT
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Creates Advisory Committee on Commercial and Industrial
Development to inventory certain vacant and underutilized lands
and to evaluate comprehensive plan of local government to ensure
adequacy for commercial and industrial development needs.
Requires that advisory committee report to local governments and
Legislative Assembly.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to buildable lands.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1)(a) The Advisory Committee on Commercial and
Industrial Development is established to ensure that local
governments are providing sufficient buildable lands under ORS
197.712.
  (b) The advisory committee consists of seven members jointly
appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
  (c) Members of the advisory committee must be knowledgeable
about the need for and requirements of commercial and industrial
development in this state and the availability of buildable lands
for commercial and industrial development.
  (d) The term of each member is three years, but a member serves
at the pleasure of the appointing authorities. If there is a
vacancy for any cause, the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make an appointment
to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.
  (e) Members of the advisory committee are not entitled to
compensation or reimbursement of expenses.
  (2) The advisory committee shall inventory vacant and
underutilized lands that are within the urban growth boundary and
designated for industrial or commercial use in the comprehensive
plan of a local government. The inventory shall include:
  (a) The number of vacant or underutilized lots or parcels
described in the comprehensive plan;
  (b) The total acreage and number of sites described in the
comprehensive plan that are suitable for public facilities
described in ORS 197.712 (2); and
  (c) The total acreage and number of sites that have no
geographic impediments to industrial or commercial development.
 
  (3) The advisory committee shall evaluate the comprehensive
plan of each local government to determine whether the commercial
and industrial development allowed by the plan is adequate with
respect to:
  (a) The location of relevant markets;
  (b) The availability of necessary transportation facilities;
  (c) The availability of necessary public facilities and
services;
  (d) Local labor supplies and support services;
  (e) The availability and costs of materials and energy;
  (f) Environmental and pollution control requirements; and
  (g) The local availability of technical training and
educational programs.
  (4) The advisory committee shall report its findings and
recommendations relating to the inventory and evaluation to each
local government.
  (5) No later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year, the
advisory committee shall report to the Legislative Assembly on
the results of the inventories and evaluations and on the current
status of the supply of buildable lands within urban growth
boundaries compared to the needs of commercial and industrial
development within the state.
  (6) For purposes of this section, 'local government' means a
local government of a city or metropolitan service district with
a population within its urban growth boundary of more than 25,000
or with a population growth rate over the last five years of ___
percent or greater. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Notwithstanding the term of office specified by
section 1 of this 2001 Act, of the members first appointed to the
board:
  (1) Two shall serve for terms ending July 1, 2003.
  (2) Two shall serve for terms ending July 1, 2004.
  (3) Three shall serve for terms ending July 1, 2005. + }
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