Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 13-2-1 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Consumer protection division established - Functions(1) There is established within the Department of Commerce the Division of Consumer Protection.(2) The division shall administer and enforce the following: (a) Chapter 10a, Music Licensing Practices Act;(b) Chapter 11, Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act;(c) Chapter 15, Business Opportunity Disclosure Act;(d) Chapter 20, New Motor Vehicle Warranties Act;(e) Chapter 21, Credit Services Organizations Act;(f) Chapter 22, Charitable Solicitations Act;(g) Chapter 23, Health Spa Services Protection Act;(h) Chapter 25a, Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act;(i) Chapter 26, Telephone Fraud Prevention Act;(j) Chapter 28, Prize Notices Regulation Act;(k) Chapter 32a, Pawnshop, Secondhand Merchandise, and Catalytic Converter Transaction Information Act;(l) Chapter 34, Utah Postsecondary School and State Authorization Act;(m) Chapter 41, Price Controls During Emergencies Act;(n) Chapter 42, Uniform Debt-Management Services Act;(o) Chapter 49, Immigration Consultants Registration Act;(p) Chapter 51, Transportation Network Company Registration Act;(q) Chapter 52, Residential Solar Energy Disclosure Act;(r) Chapter 53, Residential, Vocational and Life Skills Program Act;(s) Chapter 54, Ticket Website Sales Act;(t) Chapter 56, Ticket Transferability Act;(u) Chapter 57, Maintenance Funding Practices Act;(v) Chapter 61, Utah Consumer Privacy Act;(w) Chapter 63, Utah Social Media Regulation Act;(x) Chapter 64, Vehicle Value Protection Agreement Act;(y) Chapter 65, Utah Commercial Email Act;(z) Chapter 67, Online Dating Safety Act; (aa) Chapter 68, Lawyer Referral Consultants Registration Act ; and(bb) Chapter 70, Automatic Renewal Contracts Act.(cc) Chapter 71, Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act. (3) In accordance with Title 63G. Chapter 3. Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division may make rules to establish: (a) a public list that identifies a person who: (i) violates a chapter described in Subsection (2):(ii) without proper legal justification, fails to comply with an order, subpoena, judgment, or other legal process issued by: (B) a court of competent jurisdiction: or(iii) breaches a settlement agreement, stipulation, assurance of voluntary compliance, or similar instrument signed by the person and the division: and(b) a process by which a person may be removed from the list the division establishes as described in Subsection (3)(a).Amended by Chapter 132, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Chapter 206, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 31, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/2/2024Amended by Chapter 101, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 509, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 536, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 477, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 458, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 36, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 462, 2022 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 36, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 509, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 12/31/2023.Amended by Chapter 498, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 36, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 498, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 477, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 36, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 201, 2022 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 266, 2021 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 118, 2020 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 423, 2019 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by Chapter 115, 2019 General Session ,§§ 1 and 9, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 290, 2018 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/8/2018.Amended by Chapter 252, 2018 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/8/2018.Amended by Chapter 98, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.Amended by Chapter 461, 2015 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/12/2015.Amended by Chapter 360, 2014 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/13/2014.Amended by Chapter 375, 2012 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2012.Amended by Chapter 154, 2006 General SessionThis section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.