§ 42-112-1 - Discrimination prohibited.
SECTION 42-112-1
§ 42-112-1 Discrimination prohibited.– (a) All persons within the state, regardless of race, color, religion, sex,disability, age, or country of ancestral origin, have, except as is otherwiseprovided or permitted by law, the same rights to make and enforce contracts, toinherit, purchase, to lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property,to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of alllaws and proceedings for the security of persons and property, and are subjectto like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of everykind, and to no other.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the right to "make andenforce contracts, to inherit, purchase, to lease, sell, hold, and convey realand personal property" includes the making, performance, modification andtermination of contracts and rights concerning real or personal property, andthe enjoyment of all benefits, terms, and conditions of the contractual andother relationships.
(c) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed toaffect chapter 14.1 of title 37, chapter 5.1 of title 28 or any other remedialprograms designed to address past societal discrimination.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the terms "sex" and"age" have the same meaning as those terms are defined in § 28-5-6, thestate fair employment practices act. The term "disability" has the same meaningas that term is defined in § 42-87-1, and the terms, as used regardingpersons with disabilities, "auxiliary aids and services," "readily achievable,""reasonable accommodation," "reasonable modification," and "undue hardship"shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in § 42-87-1.1.