| (1) |
This chapter does not authorize government to burden a person‘s free exercise of religion. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 63L-5-402
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Free exercise of religion: means an act or refusal to act that is substantially motivated by sincere religious belief, whether or not the act or refusal is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief, and includes the use, building, or conversion of real property for the purpose of religious exercise. See Utah Code 63L-5-102
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that owns an interest in real property. See Utah Code 63L-5-102
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
| (2) |
The protection of religious freedom afforded by this chapter is in addition to the protections provided under federal law and the constitutions of Utah and the United States. |
| (3) |
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect, interpret, or in any way address that portion of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
