78B-6a-402. Defense in private nuisance action for manufacturing facility in operation over three years.
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Effective 5/6/2026
78B-6a-402. Defense in private nuisance action for manufacturing facility in operation over three years.
(a)A person or government entity does not have a right of action for a private nuisance under this chapter for any changed circumstance in land uses near a manufacturing facility if:
(i)the manufacturing facility has been in operation for more than three years; and
(ii)the manufacturing facility was not a private nuisance at the time the manufacturing facility began operation.
(b)The manufacturing facility may not increase the condition asserted to be a private nuisance.
(c)The provisions of this Subsection
(1)do not apply if a private nuisance results from the negligent or improper operation of a manufacturing facility.
(2)Nothing in this section affects the right of a person in an action other than an action for a private or public nuisance to recover damages for injuries or damage sustained as a result of the pollution or change in the conditions of the waters of a stream or overflow of the lands of any person.
(a)Any and all ordinances adopted by any county or municipal corporation in which a manufacturing facility is located that makes the manufacturing facility's operation a private nuisance or providing for an abatement as a private nuisance in the circumstances set forth in this section are null and void.
(b)The provisions of this Subsection
(3)may not apply whenever a private nuisance results from the negligent or improper operation of a manufacturing facility.
(4)This section does not apply to an action under Part 2, Public Nuisance.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 401 , 2026 General Session