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2015 Utah Code
Title 34 - Labor in General
Chapter 45 - Protection of Activities in Private Vehicles
Section 103 - Protection of certain activities -- Firearms -- Free exercise of religion.
UT Code § 34-45-103 (2015) What's This?
Effective 5/13/2014 34-45-103. Protection of certain activities -- Firearms -- Free exercise of religion.
- (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person may not establish, maintain, or enforce any policy or rule that has the effect of:
- (a) prohibiting any individual from transporting or storing a firearm in a motor vehicle on any property designated for motor vehicle parking, if:
- (i) the individual is legally permitted to transport, possess, purchase, receive, transfer, or store the firearm;
- (ii) the firearm is locked securely in the motor vehicle or in a locked container attached to the motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is not occupied; and
- (iii) the firearm is not in plain view from the outside of the motor vehicle; or
- (b) prohibiting any individual from possessing any item in or on a motor vehicle on any property designated for motor vehicle parking, if the effect of the policy or rule constitutes a substantial burden on that individual's free exercise of religion.
- (a) prohibiting any individual from transporting or storing a firearm in a motor vehicle on any property designated for motor vehicle parking, if:
- (2) A person may establish, maintain, or enforce a policy or rule that has the effect of placing limitations on or prohibiting an individual from transporting or storing a firearm in a motor vehicle on property the person has designated for motor vehicle parking if:
- (a) the person provides, or there is otherwise available, one of the following, in a location reasonably proximate to the property the person has designated for motor vehicle parking:
- (i) alternative parking for an individual who desires to transport, possess, receive, transfer, or store a firearm in the individual's motor vehicle that:
- (A) imposes no additional cost on the individual; and
- (B) is in a location that is legal and safe for parking; or
- (ii) a secured and monitored storage location where the individual may securely store a firearm before proceeding with the vehicle into the secured parking area; or
- (i) alternative parking for an individual who desires to transport, possess, receive, transfer, or store a firearm in the individual's motor vehicle that:
- (b) the person complies with Subsection 34-45-107(5).
- (a) the person provides, or there is otherwise available, one of the following, in a location reasonably proximate to the property the person has designated for motor vehicle parking:
Amended by Chapter 251, 2014 General Session
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