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Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 75 - Franchise Protection Act
Part 2 - Franchisee Protection
Section 201 - Franchisee religious day operation protection.
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UT Code § 13-75-201 (2025)
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Effective 3/17/2025
13-75-201. Franchisee religious day operation protection.
Enacted by Chapter 32, 2025 General Session
13-75-201. Franchisee religious day operation protection.
- (1)Except as provided in Subsection (2), when a franchisee asserts a sincerely held religious belief, a franchisor may not:
- (a)unilaterally impose a religious day operation requirement;
- (b)require a franchisee to accept a religious day operation requirement as a part of an amendment to the franchise agreement; or
- (c)refuse to renew a franchise agreement based solely on a franchisee's failure to comply with a religious day operation requirement.
- (2)Subsection (1) does not apply when:
- (a)the original franchise agreement provides a religious day operation requirement;
- (b)the franchisee agrees through a renewal or an amendment to the franchise agreement to a religious day operation requirement; or
- (c)the franchisor and the franchisee enter into a franchise agreement to develop an additional franchise location that contains a religious day operation requirement.
- (3)The protections provided in Subsection (1) are not transferable.
- (4)If a court with jurisdiction finds reasonable cause to believe that a franchisor violated Subsection (1), the court may order:
- (a)actual damages, reasonable attorney fees, and costs to the franchisee;
- (b)a permanent or temporary injunction, a temporary restraining order, or other appropriate order; and
- (c)civil penalties against the franchisor in an amount not exceeding:
- (i)$10,000 for a first violation;
- (ii)$25,000 for a second violation within three years after the day on which the franchisee filed the complaint for the first violation; or
- (iii)$50,000 for a violation subsequent to a second violation within five years after the day on which the franchisee filed the complaint for the first violation.
Enacted by Chapter 32, 2025 General Session
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