35A-5-302. Definitions.

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Effective 5/14/2019

As used in this part:

(1)"Date of hire" means the date a person who is homeless first performs labor or services for compensation for an employer.

(2)"Governmental entity" is as defined in Section 59-2-511 .

(3)"Permanent housing, permanent supportive, or transitional facility" means a facility:

(a)located within the state;

(b)that provides supervision of residents of the facility; and

(c)that is:

(i)a publicly or privately operated shelter:

(A)designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including a welfare hotel, congregate shelter, or transitional housing for the mentally ill; and

(B)that receives federal homeless assistance funding distributed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(ii)an emergency shelter that receives homeless assistance funding from a county, city, or town.

(4)"Person who is homeless" means an individual whose primary nighttime residence is:

(a)a public or private place not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for an individual, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus station, train station, airport, or camping ground; or

(b)a publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements, including a permanent housing, permanent supportive, or transitional facility.

(5)"Wage requirement" means that an employer pays a person who is homeless $4,000 or more in wages during a time period that:

(a)begins on the date of hire; and

(b)ends no later than two calendar quarters after the calendar quarter in which the date of hire occurs.

Amended by Chapter 502 , 2019 General Session