35A-5-302.  Definitions.
     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.

Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-5-302

  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Date of hire: means the date a person who is homeless first performs labor or services for compensation for an employer. See Utah Code 35A-5-302
  • Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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. See Utah Code 35A-5-302
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (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

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