§ 35A-5-302. Definitions. (Effective 5/13/2014)

     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:

(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 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.

Enacted by Chapter 315, 2014 General Session