As used in this part:

1. (1) "Average daily population" means the average daily number of individuals on parole or felony probation in the region during the applicable fiscal year.
2. (2) "Baseline parole employment rate" means the average of the parole employment rates for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025.
3. (3) "Baseline probation employment rate" means the average of the probation employment rates for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025.

4. (4) "Eligible employment" means an occupation, or combined occupations, that:

   1. (a) consist of at least 130 hours in a 30-day period; and
   2. (b) are verified via paystubs, employment letters, contracts, or other reliable methods, as determined by the department.
5. (5) "Evidence-based" means a supervision policy, procedure, program, or practice demonstrated by scientific research to reduce recidivism of individuals on parole or felony probation.
6. (6) "Felony probation" means probation for a felony offense.
7. (7) "Marginal cost of incarceration" means the total costs of incarceration, per inmate, that fluctuate based on inmate population.
8. (8) "Office" means the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.
9. (9) "Parole employment rate" means the percentage obtained by dividing the number of individuals on parole in a region who held eligible employment for at least nine months in a one-year period, if at least a portion of the nine months was during the preceding fiscal year, by the total annual population on parole in that region for the preceding fiscal year.
10. (10) "Probation employment rate" means the percentage obtained by dividing the number of individuals on felony probation in a region who held eligible employment for at least nine months in a one-year period, if at least a portion of the nine months was during the preceding fiscal year, by the total annual population on felony probation in that region for the preceding fiscal year.
11. (11) "Program" means the Adult Probation and Parole Employment Incentive Program, created in Section 64-14-302.
12. (12) "Recidivism percentage" means the percentage of individuals on parole or felony probation who are convicted of a crime that was committed on or after the day on which the individual began parole or probation.
13. (13) "Region" means one of the geographic regions into which the department has divided the state for purposes of supervising adult probation and parole.
14. (14) "Restricted account" means the Employment Incentive Restricted Account created in Section 64-14-303.

15. (15) "Total annual population on felony probation" means the sum of:

    1. (a) individuals on felony probation in a region on the last day of the fiscal year; and
    2. (b) individuals whose last day on felony probation occurred in the region during the fiscal year.

16. (16) "Total annual population on parole" means the sum of:

    1. (a) individuals on parole in a region on the last day of the fiscal year; and
    2. (b) individuals whose last day on parole occurred in the region during the fiscal year.

Amended by Chapter 290, 2026 General Session