75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 3644

Sponsored by Representatives J SMITH, BARTON, JENSON;
  Representatives BARKER, BUCKLEY, CLEM, DEMBROW, DOHERTY,
  ESQUIVEL, FREDERICK, GARRARD, GARRETT, GELSER, GILLIAM,
  GREENLICK, HARKER, HOLVEY, HOYLE, KAHL, KENNEMER, KRIEGER,
  MATTHEWS, NATHANSON, READ, RILEY, G SMITH, SPRENGER, STIEGLER,
  THATCHER, THOMPSON, TOMEI, VANORMAN, WHISNANT, WITT (Presession
  filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to economic gardening; appropriating money; and
  declaring an emergency.
  Whereas Oregon faces a challenging economic climate; and
  Whereas job development and economic recovery are high
priorities; and
  Whereas small- and medium-sized businesses are strong engines
of job creation and economic growth; and
  Whereas a subset of small- and medium-sized 'stage two '
businesses are responsible for a disproportionately large share
of job creation; and
  Whereas a set of techniques for cultivating stage two
businesses with high growth potential, with particular attention
to advanced market research and including enhanced connectivity
and improved business development infrastructure, has proved
effective in recent years and has been given the name 'economic
gardening'; and
  Whereas various cities and organizations in Oregon have begun
stage two business development programs that would be aided in
implementation and resource development by a state strategy; and
  Whereas these techniques present an opportunity to enhance
Oregon's business support infrastructure and aid in economic
recovery, job creation and the development of a thriving local
economy; and
  Whereas several private entrepreneurial foundations have taken
interest in the practice of economic gardening and may provide
opportunities to leverage nonstate resources for an Oregon
economic gardening program; now, therefore,

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is created the Task Force on Stage
Two Business Development and Economic Gardening, consisting of 15
members appointed as follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint:
  (A) Two members from among members of the Senate who shall be
from different political parties.
  (B) Two members representing municipal or regional economic
development organizations.

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  (C) One member who shall be a current or former business leader
with fast-growth business experience.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint:
  (A) Two members from among members of the House of
Representatives who shall be from different political parties.
  (B) Two members representing municipal or regional economic
development organizations.
  (C) One member who shall be a current or former business leader
with fast-growth business experience.
  (D) One member representing a nonprofit business development
organization.
  (c) The Chancellor of the Oregon University System shall
appoint one member representing the system who shall be a current
or former business leader.
  (d) The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department
shall appoint:
  (A) One member representing the department.
  (B) One member representing a small business development center
who shall be a current or former business leader.
  (e) The Department of Community Colleges and Workforce
Development shall appoint one member representing the community
colleges in this state.
  (f) At least two of the nonlegislative members appointed should
have knowledge of advanced market research tools and their
application.
  (2) The task force shall:
  (a) Identify and assess Oregon's continuum of business
development services with particular attention to the needs of
stage two, high-growth businesses, advanced market research,
including but not limited to connectivity among business service
providers, and infrastructure to support entrepreneurship and
growth company capacity building.
  (b) Collaborate with state and local governments and their
departments, community colleges, institutions of higher education
and business and economic development organizations to identify
areas for program modification, enhancement, coordination and
creation to deliver a more robust continuum of services for stage
two, high-growth businesses consistent with the principles of
economic gardening.
  (c) Make recommendations to the Seventy-sixth Legislative
Assembly for program modification, enhancement, coordination and
creation to deliver a more robust continuum of services for stage
two, high-growth businesses consistent with the principles of
economic gardening.
  (d) Recommend program areas in which Oregon University System
graduate programs and community colleges may choose to
participate in order to assist in providing a more robust
continuum of services for stage two, high-growth businesses
consistent with the principles of economic gardening, including
but not limited to courses of study and internships.
  (e) Make recommendations for criteria for stage two,
high-growth businesses as the criteria relate to recommended
strategies for fast-growth stage-two business development.
  (f) Make recommendations for key metrics and outcomes to be
measured should the state create an economic gardening program.
  (g) Make recommendations for how an economic gardening program
may fit within efforts under way to support the development of
the state's minority, women and emerging small business
enterprises.

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  (3) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
  (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the members of the task force.
  (5) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
  (7) The task force shall meet at least once every three months,
at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or
of a majority of the members of the task force.
  (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (9) Notwithstanding ORS 171.072, members of the task force who
are members of the Legislative Assembly are not entitled to
mileage expenses or a per diem and serve as volunteers on the
task force. Other members of the task force are not entitled to
compensation or reimbursement for expenses and serve as
volunteers on the task force.
  (10) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Oregon Stage Two Business Development
and Economic Gardening Fund is established in the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by
the Oregon Stage Two Business Development and Economic Gardening
Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development
Department for the purposes of carrying out the duties of the
Task Force on Stage Two Business Development and Economic
Gardening.  The task force may advise the department on specific
means for expending any moneys in the fund.
  (2) The Oregon Business Development Department may accept
grants, donations, contributions or gifts from any source for
deposit in the Oregon Stage Two Business Development and Economic
Gardening Fund established in subsection (1) of this section for
the purpose of enabling the Task Force on Stage Two Business
Development and Economic Gardening to carry out the task force's
duties under section 1 of this 2010 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) Section 1 of this 2010 Act is repealed on
July 1, 2011.
  (2) Upon the repeal of section 1 of this 2010 Act, all funds
within the Oregon Stage Two Business Development and Economic
Gardening Fund shall be transferred to the General Fund. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2010 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2010 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House February 22, 2010

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                                             Chief Clerk of House

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                                                 Speaker of House

Passed by Senate February 23, 2010

      ...........................................................
                                              President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2010

Approved:

......M.,............., 2010

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                                                         Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2010

      ...........................................................
                                               Secretary of State

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