Lincoln Ocupation Licensing Act LC 1.17

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SECTION I: NAME
1. This act shall be called the Lincoln Occupational Licensing Act or LOLA

SECTION II: OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORMS
1. The right to pursue a career or occupational is fundamental to the sovereignty of an individual. It is the policy of Lincoln that Occupational licensing not be required to hold a job, unless the public health, safety, or welfare requires it.
2. The Lincoln Occupational Licensing Reform Act shall be repealed and replaced with this act.
3. No person in Lincoln who engages in any of the following occupations shall be required to hold a license in order to practice that occupation:
A) Hair Braiders
B) Florists, Interior Decorators, or Interior Designers
C) Coffin Salespersons
D) Painters
E) Auctioneers
F) Tour Guides or travel agents
G) Common Interest Community Managers
H) Carpenters or cabinetmakers
I) Persons installing or repairing doors
J) Persons installing or repairing windows or window glazing
K) Floor Sanders or Persons pouring or repairing terrazzo or tile flooring
L) Brick and Stone Masons
M) Tree trimmers, Log scalers, or forestry workers
N) Itinerant vendors, peddlers, or persons who conduct door-to-door sales
O) Fortune Tellers or Palm Readers
P) Persons who pour or pave driveways or parking lots
Q) Farmers or Farm Workers other than pesticide application services
R) Welders, pipefitters, or persons who lay or repair pipe
S) Conveyor Operators or Tenders
T) Social and Human Services assistants
4. Official licensing is still available from the government of Lincoln. These businesses must disclose whether or not they have a license.
5. Computer repair technicians shall not be required to obtain a private investigators occupational license.
6. Each member of any State Board of Bar Examiners in Lincoln shall be required to take the Bar Exam for their State every 5 years. Any Board member who fails to earn a score sufficient to pass were the Board member a traditional applicant, shall be removed from their position and be ineligible to serve as a Board member in the future, until 5 years have passed and the Board member successfully passes the Bar Exam.
7. No locality in Lincoln shall require a special use permit to engage in farming or agricultural activities, provided the activities occur in an area zoned for industrial use.
8. No locality in Lincoln shall prohibit a food truck from safely operating within a fixed distance of a storefront, from safely operating near an intersection, provided the food truck is parked at least 75 feet away from the intersection, or from lawfully parking in a public parking space after a fixed duration of time, provided the food truck does not occupy the same parking space for a consecutive 12 hours, unless in the case that the restaurant is not registered as a business and/or if the truck itself is not a registered vehicle. During a special event, a locality may limit the duration a food truck may occupy a public parking space to 2 hours, provided the locality posts signs stating the limitation within line of sight of the parking lot no less than 24 hours before the temporary restrictions take effect.
9. No person or persons in Lincoln who conduct a yardsale shall be required to obtain a business license or permit. For the purposes of this subsection, a yardsale is defined as an event lasting no more than 3 consecutive days during which second hand or pre-owned items are sold by a person or persons who are not regular merchants of the types of items being sold.
10. No person who merely hires a minor above the age of 12 on a short-term contract for the performance of babysitting services, yard maintenance services, or general cleaning services shall be prosecuted for any prohibition on child labor.
11. No licensed child care facility, organized camp, non-profit organization, religious institution, or school shall be prosecuted for any prohibition of child labor, merely for selling or auctioning arts or crafts made by children.
12. No locality in Lincoln shall prohibit junkyards from being located more than 350 feet from a road.

SECTION III: ENACTMENT
1. This act shall take effect one year after passage.
2. Any worker who ends up requiring a license he does not have because of the effect of this act shall be granted a temporary permit from the government of Lincoln to work without a license for up to 2 years.

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