HB 295 (Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Amendments)

Libertas Institute supports this bill.

In 2000, Larry H. Miller successfully lobbied the Utah legislature to require car dealerships to only be open on one weekend day—a legislatively creative way to provide them legal protection to close on Sunday and force their competitors (national dealership chains) to likewise close on Sunday so Miller and others didn't have to lose business. This bill strikes that requirement.

Libertas Institute supports this bill. The government should not be used as a tool of economic protectionism to benefit certain companies over their competitors. The Utah Constitution requires a free market, and this bill repeals a law that currently violates it.