News, In advance of big storm, New Jersey lifts licensing laws for shoveling snow (Atlantic City: buy)
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Just days ahead of an expected blizzard on the East Coast, New Jersey has officially repealed a nonsensical rule banning the shoveling of snow without a license.
Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday signed a bill making it legal for New Jersey residents to offer snow shoveling services without first registering with their town. Last year, two entrepreneurial teens going door-to-door and offering to shovel snow for a small fee were stopped by local police in Bound Brook.
Yup, that was a pretty dumb law. Up there with making kids get permits for their lemonade stands (same basis as this law was though). Towns just like to make money, so you can buy a permit or pay them $20 to become an official "snow shoveler" or whatever.
Seems to me this ridiculous law was put in place to protect landscaper/snow removal guys' gravy train in the winter months from the evil doer teenagers with shovels trying to make some extra cash. A really pathetic example of regulation run amok.
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