Section 67-20-2 - [Effective 7/1/2024] DefinitionsAs used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means:(a) a department, institution, office, college, university, authority, division, board, bureau, commission, council, or other agency of the state;(b) a county, city, town, school district, or special improvement or taxing district; or(c) any other political subdivision.(2) "Compensatory service worker" means a person who performs a public service with or without compensation for an agency as a condition or part of the person's: (3) "Emergency medical service volunteer" means an individual who: (a) provides services as a volunteer under the supervision of a supervising agency or government officer; and(b) at the time the individual provides the services described in Subsection (3)(a), is:(i) an emergency medical technician volunteer, a paramedic volunteer, an ambulance volunteer, a volunteer firefighter, or another volunteer provider of emergency medical services; and(ii) acting in the capacity of a volunteer described in Subsection (3)(b)(i).(4) "IRS aggregate amount" means the fixed or determinable income aggregate amount described in 26 C.F.R. Sec. 1.6041-1(a)(1)(i)(A).(5)(a) "Volunteer" means an individual who donates service without pay or other compensation except the following, as approved by the supervising agency: (i) expenses actually and reasonably incurred;(ii) a stipend for future higher education expenses, awarded from the National Service Trust under 45 C.F.R. Secs. 2526.10 and 2527.10;(iii) a stipend, below the IRS aggregate amount, for: (A) emergency volunteers, including emergency medical service volunteers, volunteer safety officers, and volunteer search and rescue team members; or(B) non-emergency volunteers, including senior program volunteers and community event volunteers;(iv)(A) health benefits provided through the supervising agency; or(B) for a volunteer who participates in the Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Personnel Health Insurance Program described in Section 53-2d-703, health insurance provided through the program.(v) passthrough stipends or other compensation provided to volunteers through a federal or state program, including Americorp Seniors volunteers, consistent with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5058;(vi) stipends or other compensation, below the IRS aggregate amount, provided to volunteers from any person;(vii) uniforms, identification, personal protective equipment, or safety equipment used by a volunteer only while volunteering for the supervising entity;(viii) a nonpecuniary item not exceeding $50 in value;(ix) nonpecuniary items, below the IRS aggregate amount, donated to the supervising agency with the express intent of benefitting a volunteer; or(x) meals or gifts, not exceeding $50 in value, provided as part of a volunteers appreciation event by the volunteering agency.(b) "Volunteer" does not include:(i) a person participating in human subjects research to the extent that the participation is governed by federal law or regulation inconsistent with this chapter; or (ii) a compensatory service worker.(c) "Volunteer" includes a juror or potential juror appearing in response to a summons for a trial jury or grand jury.(6) "Volunteer facilitator" means a business or nonprofit organization that, from individuals who have a relationship with the business or nonprofit organization, such as membership or employment, provides volunteers to an agency or facilitates volunteers volunteering with an agency.(7) "Volunteer safety officer" means an individual who: (a) provides services as a volunteer under the supervision of an agency; and(b) at the time the individual provides the services to the supervising agency described in Subsection (7)(a), the individual is: (i) exercising peace officer authority as provided in Section 53-13-102; or(ii) if the supervising agency described in Subsection (7)(a) is a fire department: (A) on the rolls of the supervising agency as a firefighter;(B) not regularly employed as a firefighter by the supervising agency; and(C) acting in a capacity that includes the responsibility for the extinguishment of fire.(8) "Volunteer search and rescue team member" means an individual who: (a) provides services as a volunteer under the supervision of a county sheriff; and(b) at the time the individual provides the services to the county sheriff described in Subsection (8)(a), is:(i) certified as a member of the county sheriff's search and rescue team; and(ii) acting in the capacity of a member of the search and rescue team of the supervising county sheriff.Amended by Chapter 310, 2023 General Session ,§ 114, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session ,§ 20, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 25, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 347, 2022 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 347, 2022 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 346, 2022 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 249, 2013 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/14/2013.Amended by Chapter 248, 2011 General SessionThis section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.