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Utah Code Title 78B. Judicial Code § 78B-6-2204. Liability

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Section contingently effective “on the first day of January following the day on which at least five states, other than Utah, pass legislation in substantially the same form as Subsection 78B-6-2203(1) and the enactments by the states have taken effect in each state.”>
<Section repealed effective Jan. 1, 2025, by Laws 2024, c. 166, § 9.>

(1) Beginning January 1 of the year following the year this bill takes effect, a manufacturer of a device is liable to a minor in the state if:

(a) the device is activated in the state;

(b) the device does not, upon activation in the state, enable a filter that complies with the requirements described in Section 78B-6-2203; and

(c) the minor accesses material that is harmful to minors on the device.

(2) Nothing in this part affects any private right of action existing under other law, including contract.

(3) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), this section does not apply to a manufacturer that makes a good faith effort to provide a device that, upon activation of the device in the state, automatically enables a generally accepted and commercially reasonable method of filtration in accordance with this part and industry standards.

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