… by analyzing occupational licenses in Michigan. What we find … that the Great Lakes State licenses at least 160 occupations … while advocates of more licensing — typically the industries … there. In fact, Michigan’s licensing apparatus leads to fewer … mandates harm the state. Licensing serves to protect existing …
… weeks for repairs. State licensing laws exacerbated this problem … workers — to jump through licensing hoops such as fulfilling … other states that do not license these contractors, consumers … not noticeably worse off. Licensing laws have major costs. More … of Minnesota shows that licensing rules cost Michigan 125,000 …
… typical worker. Occupational licensing, on the other hand, affects … more broadly. Occupational licensing refers to the government … industries to obtain a permit, or license, before they can legally perform … teachers, but in some states, licenses are also required for massage … required to get an official license. Policy experts from across …
… all states allow teaching licenses to transfer across state … or for many other types of licenses. Occupational licensing laws require people to pay … for other jobs: Some states license roofers, floor sanders, gutter … back to school for a new license. It does not matter if a person …
… the strictest occupational licensing regulations for hunting and … Possess a valid driver’s license. Pay a license fee of $150 for state residents … For fishermen, possess a license to operate watercraft. File … or hunting guide without a license would result in fines of $500 …
… doctors and lawyers need a license to practice. But that’s just … lower-profile jobs require licenses that do not provide much … assessed the impacts that such licensing has on online transactions … not place much trust in licensing as a guarantee of quality. … that the main effect of a licensing requirement is to increase …
… Michigan’s occupational licensing laws. By raising the barriers … criminal record from getting a license, these laws prevent people … paper. To make matters worse, licensing laws often prevent them from … for themselves. State licensing laws typically include a … requiring that someone seeking a license to work demonstrate “good …
… athletic trainer, a state license requires 1,460 days of training … by most other states: We license too many occupations, making … workers must first get a license to hold a job. In the academic … economy. But in the area of licensing, there is a wide consensus … that found “evidence that licensing requirements raise the price …
… need for more comprehensive licensing changes. Counselors: A new … time-consuming and expensive new licensing requirements. House Bill … automatically deny an insurance license to anyone with a felony record. … nonfinancial crimes to get a license to sell insurance. Cosmetologists: … from states with similar licensing requirements. The bill passed …
… and required to obtain a license to practice their trade. … probably would agree that licensing protects the public by screening … auto dealers, those pushing licensing are the bigger dealers, who … rare cases of restitution or license revocation. In most cases, … doesn't fear loss of his license nearly as much as he fears …
… the issue of occupational licenses. It used to be that about … of workers needed a state license to work — doctors, dentists, … rethink this, as occupational licensing laws have been shown to do … thoroughly analyze these licensing laws and remove ones that … review shows that requiring a license is a good idea, the state …
… recent years. Typically when licensing rules are proposed, the Legislature … requires evidence of how licensing laws will actually protect … Institution urges reform of state licensing laws, and says if this is … Mercatus Center shows how licensing rules redistribute income … repeal many occupational licensing rules. The report states: …
… it comes to occupational licensing, both sides consistently … fees and requirements. Licensing is a process by which the … state of Michigan requires licensing for hundreds of occupations, … (Wrecker service). Once local licensing is taken into account, the … occupations now requiring a license has increased from approximately …
… District of Columbia require a license to work as an interior designer. … important to understand that licensing laws are primarily put in … order to block competition. Licensing laws establish fees, tests … These may be justified if the license requirements are shown to … establishing an interior design license see better health and safety …
… to unilaterally reinstate medical licensing rules makes little sense, especially … practice beyond the limits of their licenses.” This is surprising, especially … made it easier for workers to skip licensing mandates, nurses to do work without … to avoid other, largely needless, licensing hoops. While all states impose …
… the shorter drive to Motown — but Michigan’s licensing laws are strict and those out-of-state professionals … Illinois, West Virginia and Tennessee, where licensing laws make it easier to operate. Stan Brock, … medical providers to work there as long as their license was verified by the nonprofit they were working …
… art museum party which, unknown to them, didn’t have a proper alcohol license. Michigan requires an occupational license — special government permission to work — for around 200 jobs. Many of …
… How? It's as plain as the license plate on your vehicle. In fact, it is the license plate on your vehicle. Like … again before the current license expires. Michigan already … Extending that idea to include license plate combinations is not … computer terminals in state licensing offices would ensure that …
… and arbitrary occupational licensing laws. The state requires people to get a license to work in more than 160 occupations, … of dollars in fees, many licenses contain good character clauses, … record from obtaining the license. Occupational licensing laws need to be thoroughly …
… certainly will send the right signal. But it’s also, in part, the state’s fault that we have a limited supply of educators. Michigan’s teacher licensing and regulatory rules add unnecessary barriers to capable candidates who might enter the education job market. Some of the steps required to earn …
… Commission, and the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced … Committee” report on liquor licensing in 2005? This committee … took for the LCC to decide licensing matters, but the ideas were … committee had hoped to see the licensing process reduced to 90 days … “strive to further reduce that licensing time to 60 days or less.” …
… Secondly, she suspended licensing restrictions that prevented … first paying for a Michigan license. She also made it easier for … governor also suspended licensing restrictions for out-of-state … requirements for obtaining a state license are fundamentally the same … accepts individuals with a license in good standing to practice …
… licensees already possess an extra license to do that, so this liberalization … restaurant that has obtained a retail license to be a “specially designated merchant,” … “specially designated distributor” license that is strictly limited by a quota … on local population. Quotas for licenses to sell beer and wine for off-premises …
… the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. As a result, sportsmen (rather than … hunters. “Money generated from hunting license sales and federal excise taxes on … Carolina State University. As hunting license sales decline, state wildlife agencies … more than a valid Michigan hunting license required. Hunters function as the …
… Association is asking state lawmakers to ease licensing requirements to make it easier to find new workers. … has rolled back her earlier actions to ease licensing restrictions and vetoed a bill that would make … and care. Michigan lawmakers should reform the licensing and scope-of-practice rules on medical workers …
… "bad apples" provided a rationale, including individuals who used dealer licenses primarily to avoid paying sales tax on vehicles bought and sold for personal use, or dealers who misled licensing authorities about whether they complied with local zoning. To the extent …
… state of Michigan requires people to obtain a license in order to work in more than 160 occupations. … permission to pursue their chosen work. While some licenses contribute directly to public health and safety, … Snyder has called for abandoning unnecessary licensing requirements and the Legislature could tackle …
… problems that can only be solved by laws. States license occupations to protect public health. But the regulation of licenses has been taken over by the licensees for their own benefit, not the public’s. The licenses are required by law, and people need legislators …
… products in the marketplace and occupational licenses. For example, in Michigan you are not free to … government can use the threat of audits, tax hikes, license denial and proliferating workplace rules to interfere … benefit. Who benefits from the government requiring licenses for painting? Licensed painters. They are now …
… majority of other states. Occupational licensing rules: Most of the nearly 200 occupational licenses created under Michigan law require … them. A review of all occupational licensing laws — which is done in at least … certifications: If you move to Arizona, any license or certification you’ve obtained …
… state that opportunity-seeking migrants want to move to, we could start by lowering the state’s personal income tax rate and reforming many of the licenses required to hold a job here. This will make it easier to work, live and raise our incomes and our families, be they originally from Illinois, Florida, …
… 1, 1995, a 25-page city ordinance entitled "To License and Regulate Homeless Shelters" went into effect. … 120 homeless shelters, no town in Michigan has licensing requirements for homeless shelters that are remotely … are very easy to find in Detroit. "Detroit's licensing requirements for homeless shelters are an unfunded …
… California, where they have been in business without licensing or regulation for 10 years, have been almost … UPL statutes-that the lack of a professional license necessarily means that an individual is incapable … with the IRS. Just because they have received a license from the state to practice law does not give lawyers …
… hardest. For example, Michigan farmers need a license to feed garbage to a pig, unless the garbage is … poisons a pig with tainted garbage, we require a license. When a parking lot attendant damages a car or allows a car to be damaged, we require a license. When dwarf tossing becomes a spectator sport, …
… that jitneys do their good work without a taxi license from the city government—the same city government … additional taxicab for nearly 50 years. Getting a license to do just about anything in Detroit can mean … "crime" of helping people get around town without a license, whether fully enforced or not, represent a cynical …
… that requires the state to grant or reject all licenses and permits within a reasonable timeframe. State … those timeframes would return the applicant's license or permit fee, and the license or permit would be considered approved. No More …
… also emergency powers for suspending mobile home licenses, setting boating speed limits, protecting the public from dry cleaning and revoking operating licenses for mammography machines. The design of these … include vacating a dangerous area, suspending a license or requiring an individual or business to cease …
… from the Public Service Commission. This is not like getting a driver's license. You must prove to the PSC that there is a "need" for your services, and … In the unlikely event you get admitted to the "club" of firms with a license to truck, you'll quickly discover how a state-sponsored cartel works. You …
… lay down tile, or work as a landscape architect, thanks to Michigan’s licensing apparatus. While the Legislature is making some progress where the state … not taken up, few meaningful rules have been eliminated from the state licensing apparatus. Have pity on the poor who simply are trying to work their …
… drivers. The only thing the police have to do is look at the photos, match license numbers with state records, and mail the tickets. Photo radar's electronic … are used that can issue 1,600 speeding tickets a day. Fifty clerks read license numbers on photos and send tickets by mail that cost drivers $66,000,000 …
… way. With a maze of bureaucratic white elephant schemes, zoning laws, licenses, regulations, a difficult labor climate and an overall tax burden that … bureaucracies and costly union work rules. Cut the red tape and excessive licensing that restrict persons from earning a living without explicit state approval. …
… was a certified teacher. “I showed them a document about LLI (Limited License to Instruct program — an alternative teacher certification program), and … should take the lead in Michigan and support programs like the Limited License to Instruct program, which could allow innovative and motivated teachers …
… more expensive in liquor control states than in noncontrol (so-called “license”) states, or 6.3 percent higher. We further categorized “control” states … Williams found no statistically significant difference between control and license states in binge drinking, alcohol-related traffic fatalities or alcohol-related …
… wholesalers at consumers’ expense. Allow all businesses to apply for licenses for spirits and for beer and wine. Florists, as one example, may be able … one licensed entity from another. All licensees are investigated in the licensing process anyway. Delegate “entertainment” permitting to local government. …
… Lives?” economists John Pulito and Anthony Davies examine control states and license states from 1982 to 2002. They found that states with a lighter regulatory touch — license states, for instance — “generally experience lower alcohol-related traffic …
… reform of Michigan's no-fault insurance system or limiting occupational licenses. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has carefully tallied up — as … a reported 38 percent increase ($11.4 million) on hunting and fishing licenses. Crony capitalism also flexed its old muscle again in 2013 as the Legislature …
… hikes. Many were adopted, including higher levies for hunting and fishing licenses, off-road vehicle licenses, landfill “tipping” fees, mandated environmental permit fees, “vital record” …
… on legal grounds. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a dental licensing board in North Carolina was not immune from antitrust laws. Licensing boards are similar to CON commissions in that they limit competition by …
… right to accept his tires. But in fact, the facility needed a specific license, which it lacked, to accept those tires. As a result, Schumacher was prosecuted … of the fact that he didn’t know that the facility lacked the required license, or even that it needed to have one? It did not matter. Although Schumacher …
