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Committee considers cleanup of county licensing statute for transient retail merchants

Local Government Committee · February 20, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 443 would remove or modernize a decades-old county licensing statute governing transient retail merchants and allow counties to regulate transient vendors by updated means; proponents said it reduces 'code clutter,' while the county association said an amendment preserves local regulatory authority.

Representative Braxton Mitchell presented House Bill 443 as a red-tape reduction measure to repeal or modernize an outdated county statute that regulates transient retail merchants such as fair vendors and fireworks sellers. The sponsor said an amendment under consideration would preserve local governments’ ability to regulate those vendors through…

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