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.

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

     (3)(a) located within the state;
     (3)(b) that provides supervision of residents of the facility; and
     (3)(c) that is:

          (3)(c)(i) a publicly or privately operated shelter:

               (3)(c)(i)(A) designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including a welfare hotel, congregate shelter, or transitional housing for the mentally ill; and
               (3)(c)(i)(B) that receives federal homeless assistance funding distributed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
          (3)(c)(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:

     (4)(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
     (4)(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:

     (5)(a) begins on the date of hire; and
     (5)(b) ends no later than two calendar quarters after the calendar quarter in which the date of hire occurs.