§ 64-14-301 — Definitions.

As used in this part:
(1) "Average daily population" means the average daily number of individuals on parole or felony probation in the region during the applicable fiscal year.
(2) "Baseline parole employment rate" means the average of the parole employment rates for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025.
(3) "Baseline probation employment rate" means the average of the probation employment rates for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025.
(4) "Eligible employment" means an occupation, or combined occupations, that:
(4)(a) consist of at least 130 hours in a 30-day period; and
(4)(b) are verified via paystubs, employment letters, contracts, or other reliable methods, as determined by the department.
(5) "Evidence-based" means a supervision policy, procedure, program, or practice demonstrated by scientific research to reduce recidivism of individuals on parole or felony probation.
(6) "Marginal cost of incarceration" means the total costs of incarceration, per inmate, that fluctuate based on inmate population.
(7) "Office" means the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.
(8) "Parole employment rate" means the percentage of individuals on parole who held eligible employment for at least nine months in a one-year period, if at least a portion of the nine-months was during the preceding fiscal year.
(9) "Probation employment rate" means the percentage of individuals on felony probation who held eligible employment for at least nine months in a one-year period, if at least a portion of the nine-months was during the preceding fiscal year.
(10) "Program" means the Adult Probation and Parole Employment Incentive Program, created in Section 64-14-302.
(11) "Region" means one of the geographic regions into which the department has divided the state for purposes of supervising adult probation and parole.
(12) "Restricted account" means the Employment Incentive Restricted Account created in Section 64-14-303.

Legislative History

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 214, 2025 General Session