State Officers and Employees
Volunteer Government Workers Act
Section 2
Definitions.
     67-20-2.   Definitions.
     As 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:
     (a) incarceration;
     (b) plea;
     (c) sentence;
     (d) diversion;
     (e) probation; or
     (f) parole.
     (3) (a) "Volunteer" means a person who donates service without pay or other compensation except expenses actually and reasonably incurred as approved by the supervising 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.
     (4) "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 (4)(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 (4)(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.
     (5) "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 (5)(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 248, 2011 General Session
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