Sec. 46-26. - Exemptions and limitations.

(a)

No license is required from persons selling their own farm or garden produce, including flowers, and persons selling works of art or crafts of their own making at an art or craft show or exhibit, are not hawkers or peddlers and are not subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter.

(b)

No license fee shall be charged of any person selling religious books and publications on behalf of a bible, tract or other religious or moral society for the purpose of promoting religious or moral improvement, and are sold for that purpose and not for pecuniary profit.

(c)

No licensed hawker or peddler shall sell or offer for sale any single good, ware or item having a retail value of more than $300.00. However, this dollar limitation shall not apply to any non-profit corporation duly authorized to do business in Rhode Island. A non-profit corporation means a non-profit corporation which has applied under 42 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) for approval as a § 501(c)(3) corporation with the Internal Revenue Service or has been so approved.

(Ord. of 6-15-2020(2), § 1(Exh. A))