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Committee considers repeal of county licensing for transient retail merchants; amendment preserves local regulation option
Summary
House Bill 443 would repeal county licensing of transient retail merchants; the committee heard sponsor testimony and lieutenant governor support, and an amendment preserves county authority to regulate or license in places that still use the rule.
Representative Braxton Mitchell presented House Bill 443 to the Senate Local Government Committee seeking repeal of statutes that provide for county licensing of transient retail merchants (for example, temporary vendors or fair vendors). Mitchell described the bill as removing a little-used county licensing framework and, after an amendment, allowing counties to retain the power to regulate or license such…
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