Oregon Statutes - Chapter 285A - Economic Development I - Section 285A.227 - Oregon Community Development Fund; purposes; sources; use; rules.

(1) There is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Community Development Fund. The fund is created to provide a flexible funding source for financing those programs and projects that are determined by the Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission under the policies, criteria and standards set forth in ORS 285A.020, 285A.045 and 285A.055 to further economic and community development. The Economic and Community Development Department may finance programs and projects determined by the commission to further economic and community development by making grants or loans using moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding ORS 279A.140, the department may enter into contracts as necessary or appropriate to implement programs and projects determined by the commission to further economic and community development using moneys in the fund. The Oregon Community Development Fund shall consist of all moneys credited to the fund, including moneys from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, federal funds collected or received, and fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, collected or received by the Economic and Community Development Department, and all interest earnings that accrue to the fund. The moneys in the Oregon Community Development Fund are continuously appropriated to the Economic and Community Development Department to promote economic and community development.

(2) The Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission, by rule, shall adopt standards, objectives and criteria for use of the moneys in the Oregon Community Development Fund. [1997 c.620 §1; 2001 c.883 §5; 2003 c.794 §236; 2007 c.804 §10]

Note: 285A.227 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 285A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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