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Committee advances bill to create reciprocal permitting for food trucks after heavy pushback from local governments
Summary
Representative Rootnail asked the committee to approve a reciprocal-permitting framework for food trucks so vendors who already hold safety and business permits in one Colorado jurisdiction need not repeat every permit process when working elsewhere.
Representative Rootnail told the committee HB 1295 would create a reciprocal permitting system so food trucks already licensed in one jurisdiction could more easily operate in another. She described the bill as a way to reduce duplicative permitting costs and procedural hurdles for small-business owners and entrepreneurs using mobile retail food establishments to test concepts and grow into brick-and-mortar operations.
Supporters, including small-business advocates, immigrant-business groups and food‑truck operators, said the patchwork of licensing fees and local requirements — including business, health and…
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