OAR 123-662-1200: Designated Areas

(1) The sponsor of any eligible existing enterprise zone that is not already an E-commerce zone or has not revoked such status may designate itself as an E-commerce zone in accordance with OAR 123-662-1000: (a) If the Legislature allows additional electronic commerce designations under ORS 285C.095 for enterprise zones, which are currently limited to 15, pursuant to the date that the legislation took effect. (b) If an E-commerce zone terminates according to OAR 123-650-9100(1)(a) or (b), except for OAR 123-662-1100(7), or its zone sponsor revokes the electronic commerce designation, pursuant to the date that the termination or revocation took effect. (2) The Department shall maintain and publicize information identifying which enterprise zones are currently E-commerce zones. (3) The City of North Plains in Washington County is a city designated for electronic commerce under ORS 285C.100, effective March 4, 2002, such that: (a) The city shall act as a zone sponsor and take responsibility for all duties of a zone sponsor, as if North Plains were a rural enterprise zone, with respect to any business firm seeking an exemption under ORS 285C.170 or 285C.175 on qualified property located inside the city limits or its urban growth boundary. (b) The standard exemption is allowed at such a location only insofar as the business firm is: (A) Eligible on the basis of Electronic Commerce operations in terms of this division of administrative rules, for purposes of which North Plains is the same as an E-commerce zone; or (B) Engaged in research, design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, packaging or validation of semiconductors, or in producing equipment, core intellectual property, automation software, or intermediary inputs or supplies, primarily intended for use in the semiconductor industry, provided that construction, modification or installation of qualified property commences in North Plains on or after June 6, 2024, when chapter 52, Oregon Laws 2024 (Senate Bill 1526) takes effect.