§ 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.
(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.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 502, 2019 General Session