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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2886
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would require a study of the costs of operations that are saved by small busi-
nesses that share resources. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to study the cost savings and expense
reductions that may result from cooperative resource sharing by small businesses.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to small business resource sharing; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Oregon Business Development Department, through the network of
small business development centers established under ORS 285B.165 to 285B.171, shall con-
duct a statewide study of how cooperative resource sharing by groups of small businesses
may result in cost savings and business expense reductions. Such resources shall include,
but not be limited to, supplies, equipment, insurance, personnel and other costs and expenses
of business operations.
(2) The department shall produce a report based on the study that includes, at a mini-
mum:
(a) A description of the types of resources that are best suited to sharing by groups of
small businesses in this state;
(b) Findings regarding the usage of, and accessibility and the barriers to, resource shar-
ing; and
(c) Recommendations for legislative or other changes that may result in cooperative re-
source sharing among small businesses.
(3) Not later than September 15, 2026, the department shall submit the report produced
pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, to the
interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business development.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed January 2, 2027.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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