This bill addresses provisions regarding homeless services.
This bill:
- modifies and defines terms;
- prohibits a municipality from imposing a capacity limit on a homeless shelter;
- provides that lease payments made to the office shall be deposited into the Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation Restricted Account;
- allows the Utah Homeless Services Board (board), in cooperation with the fire marshal, local homeless councils, and a homeless services nonprofit organization to set a capacity limit for certain homeless shelters;
- amends exceptions for conveyance, lease, or disposal of certain property owned by the Division of Facilities and Construction Management;
- amends the name of the Shelter Cities Advisory Board to the Shelter Cities Coordinating Council;
- amends the name of the Shelter Counties Advisory Board to the Shelter Counties Coordinating Council;
- amends certain funding formulas for deposits into the Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation Restricted Account;
- amends provisions regarding code blue alerts;
- requires the Office of Homeless Services (office) to issue future services payments to a homeless service provider (provider) under certain conditions;
- creates the Homeless Services Restricted Account (account) to assist counties regarding provisions of homelessness;
- allows the office to disburse funds from the account to certain counties for certain purposes;
- requires the State Tax Commission to transfer certain funds from the Cigarette Tax Restricted Account to the account;
- enacts a code red alert;
- gives the office rulemaking authority under certain conditions for certain purposes;
- makes technical and conforming changes;
- provides for intent language that up to $2,000,000 of the appropriated funds for fiscal year ending 2026 shall be used for a certain purpose and the remaining nonlapsing funds for fiscal year beginning 2027 may be used for certain purposes; and
- provides a special effective date.