57-21-11 - Relief granted -- Civil penalties -- Enforcement of final order. - Utah Statutes

57-21-11. Relief granted -- Civil penalties -- Enforcement of final order.
(1) Under Sections 57-21-9 and 57-21-10, if the director, presiding officer,commissioner, Appeals Board, or court finds reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatoryhousing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the director, presiding officer, commissioner,Appeals Board, or court may order, as considered appropriate:
(a) the respondent to cease any discriminatory housing practice;
(b) actual damages, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the aggrieved person; and
(c) any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or otherappropriate order.
(2) In addition to the relief granted to an aggrieved person under Subsection (1), in orderto vindicate the public interest, the director, presiding officer, or court may also assess civilpenalties against the respondent in an amount not exceeding:
(a) $10,000 if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any priordiscriminatory housing practice;
(b) $25,000 if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one otherdiscriminatory housing practice during the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of thecomplaint; or
(c) $50,000 if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed two or morediscriminatory housing practices during the seven-year period ending on the date of the filing ofthis complaint.
(3) The time periods in Subsections (2)(b) and (c) may be disregarded if the actsconstituting the discriminatory housing practice are committed by the same natural person whohas previously been adjudged to have committed a discriminatory housing practice.
(4) The division may file a petition in a district court of competent jurisdiction for:
(a) the enforcement of a final department order; and
(b) for any appropriate temporary relief or restraining order necessary for the enforcementof a final commission order.

Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session