• Increase full time, permanent employment of the firm within the enterprise zone by the greater of one new job (new businesses to Hillsboro) or 10 percent (expansion of existing Hillsboro businesses)
• No concurrent job losses more than 30 miles from the zone
• Maintain employment levels during exemption period
• Pay a School Support Fee of 15% of the abated tax if the facility is located in the Hillsboro School District in Years 4 and 5 of the exemption period.
• Post the local agreement between the City and Company on the City’s website for 21 days before it becomes effective.
• Enter into a First-Source Agreement with the local job training provider, Worksource Oregon. 
• Do not retire, sell, or transfer exempt assets until the end of the exemption period. 
• Satisfy additional local conditions (See below.)

Minimum Investment of $1 million is required in the North Industrial Enterprise Zone Area or a minimum of $100,000 investment in the Downtown and South Industrial Enterprise Zone Areas.

Procurement Plan that increases purchases from Hillsboro-based companies by 10% annually.

Job Quality/Wages: (1) Years 1-3 of tax abatement, average wage will be $14.75 per hour (2022 Oregon minimum wage) until 2021. Average wage will be 102% of Oregon minimum wage, thereafter; (2) Years 4-5 of tax abatement, average wage for all employees will be 125% of Oregon minimum wage; (3) Benefits are provided at a value equal or greater than the national average for all years of exemption and (4) Training and advancement opportunities will be offered to all employees.

Application Fee will be paid to the City of Hillsboro in the amount equal to 0.1% of the total estimated value of investment; fee capped at $50,000.

Community Service Fee is applied each year based on the annual abated taxes relative to employment (jobs) created and retained at the site. Those who provide more employment relative to the amount of tax abatement received would qualify for a lower Community Service Fee in that year. The maximum Community Service Fees are 33% in years 1-3 and 50% in years 4-5 of the tax abatement program. 

School Support Fee is applied in years four and five of the exemption period in the amount of 15% of the abated tax. The applicant will be invoiced by the applicable school district in November. This fee is separate from the E-Zone Community Service Fee.

The Tier will be determined based on an abatement per job formula applied annually to all enterprise zone participants. The formula will use the actual exempt tax amount from Washington County Assessment & Taxation and the jobs reported on the annual enterprise zone exemption claim forms.