Utah Code 26B-6-802. Rights and privileges of an individual with a disability
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(1) An individual with a disability has the same rights and privileges in the use of highways, streets, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public areas as an individual who is not an individual with a disability.
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-6-802
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: includes :(31)(a) land;(31)(b) a tenement;(31)(c) a hereditament;(31)(d) a water right;(31)(e) a possessory right; and(31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) An individual with a disability has equal rights to accommodations, advantages, and facilities offered by common carriers, including air carriers, railroad carriers, motor buses, motor vehicles, water carriers, and all other modes of public conveyance in this state.(3) An individual with a disability has equal rights to accommodations, advantages, and facilities offered by hotels, motels, lodges, and all other places of public accommodation in this state, and to places of amusement or resort to which the public is invited.(4)(4)(a) An individual with a disability has equal rights and access to public and private housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or other compensation in this state.(4)(b) This chapter does not require a person renting, leasing, or selling private housing or real property to modify the housing or property in order to accommodate an individual with a disability or to provide a higher degree of care for that individual than for someone who is not an individual with a disability.(4)(c) A person renting, leasing, or selling private housing or real property to an individual with a disability shall comply with the provisions of Section 26B-6-803.