77-38-602.  Creation — Commission responsibilities.

(1)  There is created the Safe at Home Program within the commission.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 77-38-602

  • Actual address: means the residential street address of the program participant that is stated in a program participant's application for enrollment or on a notice of a change of address under Section 77-38-610. See Utah Code 77-38-601
  • Assigned address: means an address designated by the commission and assigned to a program participant. See Utah Code 77-38-601
  • Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 77-38-601
  • Mail: means first class letters or flats delivered by the United States Postal Service, including priority, express, and certified mail. See Utah Code 77-38-601
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Program: means the Safe at Home Program created in Section 77-38-602. See Utah Code 77-38-601
  • Program participant: means an individual who is enrolled under Section 77-38-606 by the commission to participate in the program. See Utah Code 77-38-601
  • State or local government entity: means a county, municipality, higher education institution, special district, special service district, or any other political subdivision of the state or an administrative subunit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of this state, including:
(a) a law enforcement entity or any other investigative entity, agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission; or
(b) an individual acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of a state or local entity, including an elected or appointed public official. See Utah Code 77-38-601
(2)  Under the program, the commission shall:

(a)  designate, train, and manage program assistants;

(b)  develop, distribute, and process application forms and related materials for the program;

(c)  designate an assigned address for a program participant to be used by the program participant and a state or local government entity; and

(d)  receive mail sent to a program participant’s assigned address, forward the mail to the program participant’s actual address at the commission’s expense, and track and maintain records for all mail received.

Amended by Chapter 237, 2023 General Session