A bill that allows businesses in the state to no longer be required to purchase a delivery license if their deliveries do not exceed $10,000 annually was signed into law by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey this week.
Senate Bill 316 stipulates that the business must be in a taxing jurisdiction where the business has no other physical presence.
The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Paul Stanford and state Rep. Paul Lee, drew praise from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
“Senate Bill 316 is commonsense legislation that’s going to make it a lot easier for entrepreneurs to compete and succeed and grow their businesses,” Rosemary Elebash, Alabama state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, said. “Requiring businesses to buy separate licenses in every jurisdiction where they might make deliveries was cumbersome and expensive, and that put small businesses at a real competitive disadvantage.”
Elebash said the law helps level the playing field for small businesses and will make it easier for them to not only to compete, but thrive.
“On behalf of our members, I want to thank Sen. Paul Sanford and Rep. Paul Lee for shepherding this long-needed reform through the Legislature, and I want to thank Governor Ivey for signing it into law.”