(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill that would help a Major League Baseball team in Portland tax employees to pay for a new stadium. It allows the state to issue 800-million-dollars in bonds to build a stadium on Portland's South Waterfront - if the city is picked for an MLB team. That money would be paid back over 30 years, through a special tax on the income of players and others associated with the team. Supporters say the project would reinvigorate economic development in the city.