Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 284 § 284.781 — Duties, functions and powers; rules

Duties, functions and powers; rules. The Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board has the following duties, functions and powers: (1) To identify policies and strategies that will: (a) Promote workforce development, including development of residential housing necessary to attract and keep employees in the Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region, and economic development; (b) Facilitate the development and prevent the decline of regionally significant industrial sites; (c) Create and maintain jobs in the region; and (d) Improve access to career and technical education, workforce training programs and higher education to enhance the availability of a qualified workforce for employers in the region. (2) To make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly for policies and strategies intended to improve the availability of career and technical education, workforce training programs and higher education for the purpose of improving the availability of a qualified workforce for employers in the region. (3) To identify specific laws that place specific workforce development and economic development efforts in the region, including development of residential housing necessary to attract and keep employees in the region, at a competitive disadvantage with respect to the same type of efforts made in the areas across the Oregon border from the region and to take action in accordance with ORS