Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 33 > Part 2 - Free Exercise of Religion

• Demonstrates: means to produce the evidence necessary to meet, and to meet, the burden of persuasion. See Utah Code 63G-33-101
• Free exercise of religion: means the right to act or refuse to act in a manner substantially motivated by a sincerely held religious belief, regardless of whether the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief. See Utah Code 63G-33-101
• Government action: includes :
       (3)(a) a law, statute, ordinance, rule, policy, order, or other assertion of governmental authority;
       (3)(b) the application of a law, statute, ordinance, rule, policy, order, or other assertion of governmental authority;
       (3)(c) any action taken by, or on behalf of, a government entity;
       (3)(d) action taken by a person other than a government entity to:

            (3)(d)(i) enforce a law, statute, ordinance, rule, policy, order, or other assertion of governmental authority;

            (3)(d)(ii) compel a government entity to act;

            (3)(d)(iii) prohibit a government entity from acting; or

            (3)(d)(iv) utilize an administrative or judicial proceeding of a government entity, or an instrumentality or function of a government entity, to exert government power, authority, or influence. See Utah Code 63G-33-101
• Government entity: includes an agency, bureau, office, department, division, board, commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of a person described in Subsection (4)(a). See Utah Code 63G-33-101
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Substantially burden: includes :
            (6)(b)(i) any of the following in response to, or as a consequence of, the person's free exercise of religion:

                 (6)(b)(i)(A) withholding a government benefit;

                 (6)(b)(i)(B) assessing criminal, civil, or administrative penalties or damages; or

                 (6)(b)(i)(C) excluding a person from a government program or from access to a government facility or service; and
            (6)(b)(ii) a burden described in Subsections (6)(a) and (b)(i), regardless of whether the burden is:

                 (6)(b)(ii)(A) imposed by:

                      (6)(b)(ii)(A)(I) law, statute, ordinance, rule, policy, order, or other assertion of governmental authority;

                      (6)(b)(ii)(A)(II) the application of law, statute, rule, policy, order, or other assertion of governmental authority; or

                      (6)(b)(ii)(A)(III) any other means;

                 (6)(b)(ii)(B) applied or enforced by, or on behalf of, a government entity; or

                 (6)(b)(ii)(C) applied or enforced by, or on behalf of, a person other than a government entity to:

                      (6)(b)(ii)(C)(I) enforce a law, statute, ordinance, rule, policy, order, or other assertion of governmental authority;

                      (6)(b)(ii)(C)(II) compel a government entity to act;

                      (6)(b)(ii)(C)(III) prohibit a government entity from acting; or

                      (6)(b)(ii)(C)(IV) utilize an administrative or judicial proceeding of a government entity, or an instrumentality or function of a government entity, to exert government power, authority, or influence. See Utah Code 63G-33-101