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Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units
Chapter 46a - Animal Enterprise and Working Animal Regulations
Section 102 - Limitations on animal enterprise and working animal regulations.
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UT Code § 11-46a-102 (2025)
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Effective 11/6/2025
11-46a-102. Limitations on animal enterprise and working animal regulations.
Amended by Chapter 15, 2025 Special Session 1
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 10-20-102; 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.
Amended by Chapter 15, 2025 Special Session 1
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