75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 105
 
                        Senate Bill 1050
 
Sponsored by Senator VERGER; Senators KRUSE, METSGER, ROSENBAUM,
  SCHRADER, WHITSETT, Representatives BARKER, BARTON, HOLVEY,
  KAHL, SCHAUFLER, VANORMAN, WITT (at the request of Oregon State
  Building and Construction Trades Council, Oregon AFL-CIO,
  Oregon AFSCME) (Presession filed.)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Prohibits public body from providing public subsidy for purpose
of constructing, reconstructing, renovating, altering,
maintaining or repairing, or entering into contract to construct,
reconstruct, renovate, alter, maintain or repair, structure on
real property unless iron, steel and manufactured goods used in
structure are made within United States.
  Provides that prohibition does not apply if public body or
contracting agency finds that amount or quality of iron, steel or
manufactured goods made within United States are insufficient or
if applying prohibition would increase cost or contract price by
more than 25 percent.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public subsidies for structures on real property.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2010 Act is added to and made
a part of the Public Contracting Code. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'public subsidy '
means moneys or the equivalent of moneys that this state, a
subdivision of this state or the federal government, or an agency
of this state, of a subdivision of this state or of the federal
government, provides in the form of:
  (a) A direct appropriation;
  (b) A tax credit or abatement;
  (c) A loan or loan guarantee;
  (d) A combination of the forms described in paragraph (a), (b)
or (c) of this subsection; or
  (e) Any other form by means of which moneys from taxpayers are
used or by reason of which this state, a subdivision of this
state or the federal government, or an agency of this state, of a
subdivision of this state or of the federal government, does not
charge or collect moneys for a public purpose that would
otherwise be due.
  (2) A public body may not provide a public subsidy to
construct, reconstruct, renovate, alter, maintain or repair, or
for the purpose of entering into a contract to construct,
reconstruct, renovate, alter, maintain or repair, a structure or
appurtenances for a structure on real property unless the iron,
steel and manufactured goods used in the structure or the
appurtenances are produced within the United States.
  (3)(a) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply if the
public body or a contracting agency finds that:
  (A) Iron, steel or manufactured goods intended for use in the
structure or the appurtenances are not produced within the United
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or with
satisfactory quality; or
  (B) Applying the provisions of subsection (2) of this section
would increase the cost or contract price for constructing,
reconstructing, renovating, altering, maintaining or repairing
the structure or the appurtenances by more than 25 percent.
  (b) If a public body or a contracting agency makes a finding
described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the public body or
contracting agency shall publish and make the finding publicly
available, together with detailed reasons for the finding. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2010 Act applies to public
subsidies that are provided for:
  (1) Constructing, reconstructing, renovating, altering,
maintaining or repairing a structure or appurtenances for a
structure on real property on or after the effective date of this
2010 Act; or
  (2) A contract that is advertised or solicited or, if not
advertised or solicited, that is entered into on or after the
effective date of this 2010 Act for the purpose of constructing,
reconstructing, renovating, altering, maintaining or repairing a
structure or appurtenances for a structure on real property. + }
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