HB532 Summary

• Requires all persons engaged in door-to-door sales for profit in Calhoun County to obtain both a state transient business license and a county business license issued by the commissioner of licenses.

• Applicants must submit personal information including full name, date of birth, government ID number, and employer details to the Calhoun County Sheriff for criminal background check and sex offender registry verification; felony convicts and sex offenders are ineligible for licensure.

• Licensed door-to-door salespersons must wear an approved identification badge displaying name, business name, valid telephone number, and color photograph, and must display 24-by-30-inch vehicle signs; sales operations limited to sunrise to sunset hours.

• County Commission sets the license fee between $10-$100 per business upon commissioner's recommendation; citation fee of $7 imposed on unlicensed sellers, with $2 disbursed to commissioner of licenses office.

• Exempts charitable sales by students, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, volunteer fire departments, and similar organizations; violation constitutes Class C misdemeanor; act becomes effective three months after passage.