Item 3: Ratification of Unanimous IGR Actions and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions

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Title: Provides that business primarily engaged in sale of tobacco products and smoking instruments on December 31, 2008, may qualify as “smoke shop” for purposes of Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act even if business is not stand-alone business. Sponsored by: Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Business and Labor) URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2300.dir/hb2350.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Rachelle Nicholas PDD-BPS 1/18/2011 -- Monitor Comments: Staff would like to monitor this bill. It is unclear what impact this amendment may have on the administration of Eugene's code. Staff are not currently aware of the number of businesses that would request the smoke shop exemption using the language being added by amendment and what impact that may have on the community. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Jerry Lidz CS-CMO-ATTY 1/27/2011 -- Monitor Comments: I agree with Rachelle's comments. This bill would expand slightly the current exemption for "smoke shop" by including (in the exemption) a business that was primarily engaged in tobacco sales in 2008, even if the shop is not a stand-alone business. (Current law requires both, among other things.) It appears to be aimed at saving a specific business or two that don't fall within the exemption in current statutes. We should monitor to make sure the exemption really is narrow and that amendments don't expand it. HB 2364 Relating Clause: Relating to local procurement plans; prescribing an effective date. Title: Requires authorized business firm to submit local procurement plan as condition of enterprise zone exemption from property taxation. Sponsored by: Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Business and Labor) URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2300.dir/hb2364.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Larry Hill CS-FIN 1/25/2011 Pri 3 Oppose Comments: HB 2364 is a prescriptive legislative proposal that would likely have a net detrimental impact on cities' economic development and job creation efforts, because it would reduce the effectiveness of current tax incentives available to cities to bring and retain private investment through the use of an enterprise zone. The bill would require that businesses located in an enterprise zone and enjoying tax benefits submit a "local procurement plan" detailing goals, strategies, targets and good faith efforts to comply with the requirements. Failure to fully satisfy the bill's requirements could result in loss of the enterprise zone tax benefits. HB 2364 would require that cities monitor these plans and make 6