Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 637

SENATE BILL NO. 832

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 29, TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDICAPPED PEDDLERS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Amend §2908, Chapter 29, Title 30 of the Delaware Code by adding thereto a new subsection to read as follows:

"(f) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, no handicapped peddler who has reached the age of 62 years shall be required to pay any fee for a license pursuant to this Chapter. For the purposes of this section, the term "peddler" shall include every person who sells, or offers to sell, at retail, any goods, wares or other commodities by travelling from place to place, on the street or through different parts of this State. The term "handicapped" as used in this section includes, but is not limited to, the following diagnosis: mental retardation, impairment of hearing or deafness, speech impairments, substantial loss of sight, loss of limb or limbs, or paralysis in any substantial degree, which handicaps require special services or impair or impede other employment."

Approved July 22, 1976