OAR 123-070-1600: Duration of First Source Agreements

For purposes of a First Source Agreement: (1) The term of agreement shall begin on or before the first date of any new hiring activity associated with employees for the benefited investment of the Benefited Business. (2) The term of agreement shall end, as follows: (a) Under state lottery-funded programs listed in OAR 123-070-1150(1), no less than 18 months from the date that the Benefited Business begins to request referrals under the First Source Agreement, unless a longer period is specified in the body of the First Source Agreement. (b) Under tax incentive programs listed in OAR 123-070-1150(2), when the property tax exemption period concludes, which shall occur: (A) On December 31 of the final year of exemption; or (B) Sooner, in cases where an enterprise zone authorization application or exemption claim is formally withdrawn, or the exemption is disqualified or terminated by the county assessor, and the Benefited Business either does not exercise or has exhausted its right to appeal the refusal, denial, disqualification or termination. (3) Nothing shall hinder or prevent a Benefited Business and a Contact Agency from mutually continuing to function under the arrangements of a First Source Agreement, even though the agreement is no longer in force, as stipulated by this rule.