By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Ahead of what could be this winter’s first significant snow event, Save Jerseyans, Trenton is making it easier for kids and young adults to do what they’ve always done: turn all that white into a little big of green.

S-2741 was one of a number of measures acted upon by Governor Christie on Tuesday.

“It’s incredible that some towns wanted kids to register as businesses or buy expensive solicitation permits before offering to shovel their neighbors’ driveways and sidewalks,” said state Senator Michael Doherty, the bill’s sponsor, referring to a January 2015 incident when the Bound Brook police stopped a pair of high school seniors from shopping their snow shoveling services. “This new law sends the message that kids looking to make a few bucks on a snow day shouldn’t be subjected to government red tape or fined for shoveling snow.”

Henceforth, the new law states, “no ordinance regulating solicitation for services shall be applicable to solicitations, whether written or oral, for snow shoveling services made within 24 hours of a snowstorm that has been predicted by a commonly recognized commercial or governmental weather reporting entity.”

“The enactment of this law is a win against big government bureaucracy that wants to regulate every little thing we do,” added Doherty. “With the potential for a big winter storm this weekend, the timing of this law couldn’t be better for New Jersey’s young entrepreneurs.”

So shovel away, future entrepreneurs! And get my sidewalk while you’re at it.

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