Chapter 1098 Oregon Laws
1999
Session Law
HB 3172
Relating to system
development charges.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 1999 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS 223.297 to 223.314.
SECTION 2. (1) As
used in this section, "employer" means any person who contracts to
pay remuneration for, and secures the right to direct and control the services
of, any person.
(2) A governmental unit may
not establish or impose a system development charge that requires an employer
to pay a reimbursement fee or an improvement fee based on:
(a) The number of
individuals hired by the employer after a specified date; or
(b) A methodology that
assumes that costs are necessarily incurred for capital improvements when an
employer hires an additional employee.
(3) A methodology set forth
in an ordinance or resolution that establishes an improvement fee or a
reimbursement fee shall not include or incorporate any method or system under
which the payment of the fee or the amount of the fee is determined by the number
of employees of an employer without regard to new construction, new development
or new use of an existing structure by the employer.
Approved by the Governor
September 3, 1999
Filed in the office of the
Secretary of State September 3, 1999
Effective date October 23,
1999
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