2016 Utah Code
Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code
Chapter 8 - Housing and Community Development Division
Part 6 - Homeless Coordinating Committee
Section 601 - Creation.

Effective 5/10/2016
35A-8-601. Creation.

• (1) There is created within the division the Homeless Coordinating Committee.

• (2)
  • (a) The committee shall consist of the following members :
    • (i) the lieutenant governor or the lieutenant governor's designee;
    • (ii) the state planning coordinator or the coordinator's designee;
    • (iii) the state superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee;
    • (iv) the chair of the board of trustees of the Utah Housing Corporation or the chair's designee;
    • (v) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services or the executive director's designee;
    • (vi) the executive director of the Department of Corrections or the executive director's designee;
    • (vii) the executive director of the Department of Health or the executive director's designee;
    • (viii) the executive director of the Department of Human Services or the executive director's designee;
    • (ix) the mayor of Salt Lake City; and
    • (x) the mayor of Salt Lake County.
  • (b)
    • (i) The lieutenant governor shall serve as the chair of the committee.
    • (ii) The lieutenant governor may appoint a vice chair from among committee members, who shall conduct committee meetings in the absence of the lieutenant governor.

• (3) The governor may appoint as members of the committee:
  • (a) representatives of local governments, local housing authorities, local law enforcement agencies;
  • (b) representatives of federal and private agencies and organizations concerned with the homeless, persons with a mental illness, the elderly, single-parent families, persons with a substance use disorder, and persons with a disability; and
  • (c) a resident of Salt Lake County.

• (4)
  • (a) Except as required by Subsection (4)(b), as terms of current committee members appointed under Subsection (3) expire, the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four-year term.
  • (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (4)(a), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of committee members are staggered so that approximately half of the committee is appointed every two years.
  • (c) A member appointed under Subsection (3) may not be appointed to serve more than three consecutive terms.

• (5) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement is appointed for the unexpired term.

• (6) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
  • (a) Section 63A-3-106;
  • (b) Section 63A-3-107; and
  • (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.

Amended by Chapter 278, 2016 General Session