71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to SB 684
 
LC 2688/SB 684-3
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 684
 
     By COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FUNDING AND TAX FAIRNESS/REVENUE
 
                             June 5
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 6 through 22 and
insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) As used in this section and
section 3 of this 2001 Act, 'rural health care facility' means a
health care facility that:
  ' (a) Is located in a rural health service area with an average
travel time of more than 30 minutes from a population center of
30,000 or more, as determined by the Office of Rural Health; and
  ' (b) Is used exclusively to provide medical care.
  ' (2) Real and personal property of a rural health care
facility is exempt from the ad valorem property taxes of the
county in which the facility is located, and from the ad valorem
property taxes of each other local taxing district in which the
facility is located that authorizes the exemption under section 3
of this 2001 Act, if all of the following apply:
  ' (a) The property constitutes new construction, new additions,
new modifications or new installations of property as of the
first assessment date for which the facility is in service.  Land
and other property that was in existence at the location of the
facility prior to the date work began on the construction,
addition, modification or installation of property at the
facility is not exempt under this section.
  ' (b) The exemption has been authorized by the governing body
of the county in which the facility is located in the manner set
forth in section 3 of this 2001 Act.
  ' (3) To receive the exemption provided under this section, the
rural health care facility must annually file its intention to
take the exemption. The filing must be with the county assessor
of the county that authorized the exemption under section 3 of
this 2001 Act and must be made by April 1 preceding the tax year
for which the exemption is being claimed.
  ' (4) A rural health care facility described in this section
shall be exempt from the taxes to which the exemption applies for
the tax year in which the facility is first in service as of the
assessment date and for the next two succeeding tax years. + } '
.
  In line 23, after 'a' insert 'rural'.
  In line 26, after 'exemption' insert 'provided'.
  In line 28, after 'exemption' insert 'provided'.
  On page 2, line 4, after 'exemption' insert 'provided'.
  In line 14, after 'exemptions' insert 'provided'.
  In line 17, before 'health' insert 'rural' in both places.
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