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The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Pub. L. 106–274 (text), codified as 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq., is a United States federal law that protects individuals, houses of worship, and other religious institutions from discrimination in zoning and landmarking laws. [1]
The law, along with the New York State Constitution, gives greater leeway to religious rights when the issue is zoning. RLUIPA's power is designed as a shield for religious freedom but can end up ...
The Institute for Justice has launched a project to reform land use regulation.
In response to the Boerne ruling, Congress passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) in 2000, which grants special privileges to religious land owners. [15] A number of states have passed state RFRAs, applying the rule to the laws of their own state, but the Smith case remains the authority in these matters in ...
2.12.2 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. 2.13 Other. 3 Freedom of speech. ... Cases involving laws meant to restrict obscenity online Reno v.
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, passed with bipartisan support by Congress in 2000, bars governments from imposing land use regulations that put a substantial burden on ...
President Bill Clinton signed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 into law on September 22 of 2000. This piece of legislation was intended to protect the free exercise of religion as it relates to institutionalized persons and land use. One provision of RLUIPA pertaining to land use is the Equal Terms Provision.
The decision allows the 2019 zoning law to stand, as the village accepts land-use proposals for houses of worship across the southern Ramapo village. ... of religion requirements and the federal ...