Chapter 1098 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

 

AN ACT

 

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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