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Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 16 - Offenses Concerning Business Practices
Part 4 - Offenses Concerning Unfair Market Discrimination
Section 404 - Unfair discrimination by a buyer of milk, cream, or butterfat.
Universal Citation:
UT Code § 76-16-404 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
76-16-404. Unfair discrimination by a buyer of milk, cream, or butterfat.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
76-16-404. Unfair discrimination by a buyer of milk, cream, or butterfat.
- (1)Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5, 76-16-101, and 76-16-401 apply to this section.
- (2)An actor commits unfair discrimination by a buyer of milk, cream, or butterfat if the actor:
- (a)is:
- (i)a person doing business in this state that is engaged in the business of buying milk, cream, or butterfat for the purpose of sale or storage; or
- (ii)an officer or agent of a person described in Subsection (2)(a)(i); and
- (b)for the purpose of creating a monopoly or destroying the business of a competitor, discriminates between different sections, communities, localities, cities, or towns of this state by purchasing milk, cream, or butterfat at a higher price or rate in one section, community, location, city, or town than is paid for the same milk, cream, or butterfat by the actor in another section, community, locality, city, or town, after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the grade or quality, and in the actual cost of transportation from the point of purchase to the point of manufacture, sale, or storage.
- (a)is:
- (3)A violation of Subsection (2) is:
- (a)a class B misdemeanor; and
- (b)subject to a fine of not less than $500 and no more than $4,000 for each offense.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
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