Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Wirths, Assemblywoman Murphy, Senators A.R.Bucco and Connors
SYNOPSIS
Grants veteran discharged under honorable conditions right to peddler’s license.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning peddler’s licenses for certain veterans and amending R.S.45:24-9.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.45:24-9 is amended to read as follows:
45:24-9. The following persons shall have the right to hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade within this State, by procuring a license for that purpose to be issued in the manner and under the conditions hereinafter in this article prescribed, except, however, the aforesaid right to hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade shall not extend to or include any public beach or public boardwalk:
a. Every person who has been honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions from the active military service of the United States, who is a resident of this State.
b. Every exempt member of a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire engine, hook and ladder, hose, supply company or salvage corps, of any municipality or fire district in this State, who holds an exemption certificate issued to him as an exempt member of any such department, company or corps, and who is a resident of this State.
Hawking, peddling and vending hereafter may be regulated by municipal ordinance on public streets and highways.
(cf: P.L.1984, c.194, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would grant veterans who live in New Jersey and who received a general, under honorable conditions discharge from active military service the right to obtain a peddler’s license. Current law only grants this right to New Jersey veterans who received an honorable discharge from active military service. This bill would extend this right to New Jersey veterans who were discharged under honorable conditions.