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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) For purposes of ORS 285C.175, 285C.200 and 285C.240, operations of a business firm are substantially curtailed when:
(a) The number of employees of the firm within the enterprise zone is reduced by more than 85 percent from the highest number of employees of the firm within the enterprise zone;
(b) The number of employees of a firm within the enterprise zone has been reduced by more than 50 percent from the highest number of employees of the firm within the enterprise zone for a period of time that is equal to or more than nine months; or
(c) The annual average number of employees within the enterprise zone during the first assessment year for which the exemption under ORS 285C.175 is granted, or any subsequent year in which an exemption is claimed, is reduced below the greater of:
(A) The annual average number of employees of the business firm within the enterprise zone, averaged over the 12 months preceding the date of the application for authorization, plus one employee; or
(B) 110 percent of the annual average number of employees of the firm within the enterprise zone, averaged over the 12 months preceding the date of the application for authorization.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) The number of employees of a firm within the enterprise zone is the employment of the firm, as defined in ORS 285C.200, on the earlier of the date a claim for exemption is filed under ORS 285C.220 or April 1, of each assessment year for which an exemption under ORS 285C.175 is claimed, and for the year immediately following the last assessment year for which an exemption is claimed.
(b) Except as specified in subsection (1)(c) of this section, the annual average number of employees of the firm is the number of firm employees within the enterprise zone averaged over each assessment year in which an exemption under ORS 285C.175 is allowed, using employment figures for no fewer than four equivalent periods during the year.
(c) For the first assessment year for which an authorized business firm that qualifies under ORS 285C.200 (6) claims an exemption under ORS 285C.175, substantial curtailment under subsection (1)(a) or (c) of this section shall be determined by:
(A) Combining the number of employees of the firm within the enterprise zone and the number of employees at all other sites of the firm within the area described in ORS 285C.200 (6); and
(B) Combining the annual average number of employees of the firm within the enterprise zone with the annual average number of employees at any other site of the firm from which employees were transferred into the enterprise zone.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, it is not a substantial curtailment of operations of a business firm for purposes of ORS 285C.175, 285C.200 and 285C.240 if the sponsor of an enterprise zone has taken the actions and the firm has satisfied the requirements specified in ORS 285C.203.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Title 26A. Economic Development § 285C.210 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-26a-economic-development/or-rev-st-sect-285c-210/
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