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) 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 (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: (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.
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