Utah Code § 11-46a-102

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 11-46a-102 - Limitations on animal enterprise and working animal regulations
(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or other regulation that prohibits or effectively prohibits:
(a) the operation of an animal enterprise;
(b) the use of a working animal; or
(c) domestic dogs from:
(i) actively participating in an exposition or rodeo; or
(ii) performing a specific duty as a working animal.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an ordinance or other regulation that a political subdivision adopts or enforces if the ordinance or other regulation:
(a) enforces a state or federal law;
(b) is a land use regulation as that term is defined in Section 10-9a-103; or
(c) is adopted or enforced, in accordance with Section 10-8-15 or 19-4-113, to protect:
(i) drinking water or a source of drinking water from pollution; or
(ii) a waterworks system.

Utah Code § 11-46a-102

Added by Chapter 245, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.