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First Substitute S.B. 112
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5 AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; MODIFYING LIABILITY
6 PROVISIONS; ELIMINATING STATUTORY CAP ON LIABILITY UNDER DRAMSHOP
7 ACT; MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 32A-14-101 (Effective 07/01/97), as last amended by Chapter 240, Laws of Utah 1996
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 32A-14-101 (Effective 07/01/97) is amended to read:
13 32A-14-101 (Effective 07/01/97). Liability for injuries resulting from distribution of
14 alcoholic beverages -- Causes of action -- Statute of limitations -- Employee protections.
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19 (i) an injury in person, property, or means of support to:
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23 (ii) for the death of a third person.
24 (b) A person is liable under Subsection (1)(a) if:
25 (i) the person directly gives, sells, or otherwise provides an alcoholic beverage:
26 (A) to a person described in Subsection (1)(b)(ii); and
27 (B) as part of the commercial sale, storage, service, manufacture, distribution, or
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2 (ii) those actions cause the intoxication of:
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7 or should have known from the circumstances was under the influence of intoxicating alcoholic
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10 (iii) the injury or death described in Subsection (1)(a) results from the intoxication of the
11 individual who is provided the alcoholic beverage.
12 (2) (a) A person 21 years of age or older who is described in Subsection (2)(b) is liable for:
13 (i) an injury in person, property, or means of support to:
14 (A) any third person; or
15 (B) the heir, as defined in Section 78-11-6.5, of that third person; or
16 (ii) for the death of the third person.
17 (b) A person is liable under Subsection (2)(a) if:
18 (i) that person directly gives or otherwise provides an alcoholic beverage to an individual
19 who the person knows or should have known is under the age of 21 years;
20 (ii) those actions caused the intoxication of the individual provided the alcoholic beverage;
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23 (iv) the person is not liable under Subsection (1), because the person did not directly give
24 or provide the alcoholic beverage as part of the commercial sale, storage, service, manufacture,
25 distribution, or consumption of alcoholic products.
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29 against the person who provided the alcoholic beverage in violation of Subsection (1) or (2).
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31 liabilities provided by this chapter survive to or against that person's estate.
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11 on-premise beer retailer, or any other establishment serving alcoholic beverages as a result of the
12 employee having exercised the employee's independent judgment to refuse to sell alcoholic
13 beverages to any person the employee considers to meet one or more of the conditions described
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15 (b) Any employer who terminates an employee or imposes sanctions on the employee
16 contrary to this section is considered to have discriminated against that employee and is subject
17 to the conditions and penalties set forth in Title 35A, Chapter 5, Utah Antidiscrimination Act.
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19 under Chapter 10, Part 1, to sell beer at retail for off-premise consumption.
20 Section 2. Effective date.
Amend on 3-January 31, 1997
Corrected-January 31, 1997
Amend on 2_goldenrod January 30, 1997
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