(1) "Actual cost" means the costs of labor, materials, supplies, equipment rental, real or personal property acquisition, permits, engineering, financing, required fees, insurance, administration, accounting, maintenance, repair or replacement and debt service, and all other direct or indirect costs incurred by a person in order to undertake a capital project, or of more than one capital project undertaken by the same taxpayer as part of the same qualifying investment.

(2) "Capital project" means a project within this state for the construction, modification, replacement, repair, remodeling or renovation of a structure or structures, addition to a structure or structures, or other capital improvement, that qualifies as a qualifying investment, including but not limited to:

(a) Acquisition of a legal interest or right in land or property in conjunction with the capital improvement, including but not limited to the purchase, lease or occupancy of real property, including the buildings, structures, infrastructure and leasehold improvements on the land or property;

(b) Acquisition of existing structures, or legal interests or rights in structures, in conjunction with the capital improvement;

(c) Acquisition and installation of machinery or equipment, furnishings, fixtures or other personal property or materials, in conjunction with the capital improvement; or

(d) Services and activities performed in relation to the capital improvement, including planning, design, authorizing, issuing, carrying or repaying interim or permanent financing, research, study of land use and environmental impacts, acquiring permits or licenses, or other services connected with the capital improvement, and costs associated with the performance of these services and activities.

(3) "Debt service" includes debt service payments or payments into reserve accounts for debt service and payment of amounts necessary to meet debt service coverage requirements.

(4) "Qualifying investment" means expenditures made by the taxpayer relating to a capital project:

(a) The actual cost of which exceeds $150 million within a five-year period measured from the commencement of the term of the qualifying investment contract; and

(b) That result in the taxpayer employing at least 500 more full-time equivalent employees in this state than the taxpayer employed in this state when the qualifying investment was commenced.

(5) "Qualifying investment contract" means a contract between the State of Oregon and a taxpayer that meets the requirements of ORS 314.671.

(6) "Single sales factor method" means the method of income apportionment required under ORS 314.650 and 314.665 and the rules adopted thereunder, as in effect on the date a qualifying investment contract is executed.

(7) "Term of the qualifying investment contract" means the duration of the parties’ obligations under a qualifying investment contract. [2012 s.s. c.1 §3; 2017 c.43 §6]