Revenue Licenses by State Part 3 of 5: Massachusetts to New Jersey

54 more examples of revenue licenses that should not exist

Please find below part 3 of revenue licenses by state. Here are links to the first and second parts. I will list examples of licensing where the state requires aspiring workers to pay a fee to the state to start working with no competency requirements. I will also provide a link to licensed occupations if states make it available. Onto the list:

Massachusetts (list of licensed occupations)

1. Commercial fisherman: $65-$520 fee, no other requirements.

2. Home improvement contractor: $250 fee, no other requirements.

Michigan (list of licensed occupations¹)

1. Auto mechanic trainee: $20 fee, no other requirements.

2. Commercial fisherman: $16-$80 fee, no other requirements.

3. Electrical apprentice: $15 fee, no other requirements.

4. Fire alarm specialty technician apprentice: $15 fee, no other requirements.

5. Fur buyer: $10 fee, no other requirements.

6. Fur manufacturer: $10-$50 fee, no other requirements.

7. Fur processor: $5 fee, no other requirements.

8. Hearing aid salesperson trainee: $50 fee, no other requirements.

9. Nursery dealer: $35-$100 fee plus $74 per hour of inspection, no other requirements.

10. Nursery grower: $100 fee plus $67 for first acre of land and $40 per each additional, no other requirements.

11. Plumber apprentice: $15 fee, no other requirements.

12. Taxidermist: $100 fee, no other requirements.

13. Wholesale fish dealer: $5 fee, no other requirements.

Minnesota (list of licensed occupations)

1. Commercial fisherman: $120 fee, no other requirements.

2. Commercial frog license: $280 fee, no other requirements.

3. Fish packer: $40 fee, no other requirements.

4. Fur tanner/dresser: $16.50 fee, no other requirements.

5. Wild ginseng dealer: $5 fee, no other requirements

6. Wild rice dealer: $70-$250 fee, no other requirements.

7. Taxidermist: $44 fee, no other requirements.

Mississippi

1. Commercial fisherman: $30-$200 fee, no other requirements.

2. Commercial quail breeder: $25 fee, no other requirements.

3. Taxidermist: $12.29 fee, no other requirements.

Missouri (list of licensed occupations)

1. Commercial fisherman: $31-$246 fee, no other requirements.

2. Furbearer hunting and trapping: $11-$208.50 fee, no other requirements.

3. Pharmacy technician: $83.50 fee, no other requirements.

4. Taxidermist: $32 fee, no other requirements.

Montana

1. Commercial bait seining: $10 fee, no other requirements.

2. Commercial fishing: $200-$500 fee, no other requirements.

3. Fur dealer: $10-$50 fee, no other requirements.²

4. Taxidermist: $50 fee, no other requirements.

Nebraska (list of licensed occupations)

1. Bait dealer: $40-$233 fee, no other requirements.

2. Commercial fisherman: $98-$195.50 fee, no other requirements.

3. Fireworks distributor: $500 fee, no other requirements.

4. Fireworks jobber: $200 fee, no other requirements.

5. Fish dealer (non-resident): $78 fee, no other requirements.

6. Nursery stock distributor: $108 for first acre plus $4.70 for each additional acre fee, no other requirements.

7. Sports agent: $500 fee, no other requirements.

Nevada (list of licensed occupations)

1. Commercial fisherman: $500 fee, no other requirements.

2. Fur dealer: $63-$125 fee, no other requirements.

3. Live bait dealer: $44 fee, no other requirements.

4. Taxidermist: $44 fee, no other requirements.

New Hampshire (list of licensed occupations)

1. Aquaculture: $100 fee, no other requirements.

2. Bait dealer retail: $26 fee, no other requirements.

3. Bait dealer wholesale: $76 fee, no other requirements.

4. Commercial fisherman: $50-$500 fee, no other requirements.

5. Commercial shrimping: $100-$500 fee, no other requirements.

6. Fur buyer: $50-$150 fee, no other requirements.

7. Taxidermist: $50 fee, no other requirements.

8. Wholesale marine seller: $130-$260 fee, no other requirements.

New Jersey (list of licensed occupations)

1. Animal dealer: $100 fee, no other requirements.

2. Commercial fisherman: $50-$250 fee, no other requirements.

Next week I’ll finish with the rest of the US in two separate posts.

1. Note: This list is maintained and provided by the Mackinac Center.

2. Non-residents may have to pay more than $50. The regulation specifies that non-resident applicants will pay what Montana residents would pay for non-residents in the applicant’s home state.