A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate the charging of fees for regulating and licensing.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑194 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑194.  Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc.
(a)	A city may by ordinance, subject to the general law of the State, regulate and license occupations, businesses, trades, professions, and forms of amusement or entertainment and prohibit those that may be inimical to the public health, welfare, safety, order, or convenience. In licensing trades, occupations, and professions, the city may, consistent with the general law of the State, require applicants for licenses to be examined.
(b)	Nothing in this section shall authorize a city to examine or license a person holding a license issued by an occupational licensing board of this State as to the profession or trade that he has been licensed to practice or pursue by the State.
(c)	Nothing in this section shall authorize a city to regulate and license digital dispatching services for prearranged transportation services for hire."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.