Comments on: SB 447: Making it Harder to Start Your Own Landscaping Business

By: Rattlerjake

Rattlerjake — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:05:20 +0000

The problem I have with all of the bills and laws that get submitted, whether passed or not, is that these people have absolutely no experience or knowledge of the professions that the bills/laws affect. Their so called experts are usually individuals and established businesses who lobby for these bills/laws to prevent competition. This state and our country are truly a lost cause; our federal, state, and local governments are full of nothing more than greed and corruption.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:57:30 +0000

[...] Licenses for landscaping in North Carolina? [...]

By: witheld

witheld — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:40:20 +0000

This was not the first bill of its kind imposed upon the landscape industry in North Carolina. The Irrigation Contractor Law was passed in 2009. It requires irrigation professionals to pay for 10 credit hours of continuing education annually, 100 each for corporate AND personal license, buy an official stamp, only from the Board (100 dollars as well) display stickers on their trucks, take an exam ( 200) or have 10 references for grandfathering, with 10 years of industry experience required. Also, one must maintain a $10,000 bond. Many landscapers I spoke with were opposed to both licenses for many reasons. Meanwhile, most companies installing or working on irrigation are currently unlicensed.
THis bill was unanimously passed, as was the landscape contractor bill, until it apparently died in a committee.

By: maryze foust

maryze foust — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:04:02 +0000

I thought the nc congress would make laws to HELP the state survive.. Instead they are just making it harder for people who want to work to get a job or start a business? Please! if they want to keep their jobs they better start helping us find one.. taxing is what it is all about.. Greed by politicians to make sure the money keeps rolling in for their wasteful spending..I hope bev stays in long enough to veto that one..Oh, I forgot, she loves these kinds of bills..

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:23:17 +0000

What? Another job-killing bill? This is what the Republican legislature is giving North Carolina? Every Republican that votes for SB 447 should be defeated in November. I will work for that.