It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 5-11-18 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-11 entitled "Hawkers and Peddlers" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 5-11-18. Local licensing -- Fees -- Persons exempt. -- ADD} In addition to the license required under section 5-11-2 of this chapter, the board or bureau of police commissioners in any city or town where a board or bureau of police commissioners is established, and if no board or bureau of police commissioners be established then the town council of any town or the city council of any city, is hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance in the case of any city council or town council, for the issuing and revocation for just and good cause of licenses to all hawkers and peddlers; and also in like manner to fix a penalty, not exceeding for any one offense a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days, for selling or offering for sale any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever including food or beverages as hawkers and peddlers within that town or city without a license; and also for charging and collecting fees for those licenses; provided, that the fee charged by any board or bureau of police commissioners or city or town council, for any one license for any one year, for selling or offering for sale, as a hawker and peddler, shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00); and provided, further, that no license shall be required of any person selling religious books and publications in behalf of bible, tract, or other religious or moral societies for the purpose of promoting religious or moral improvement, and which are sold for that purpose and not for pecuniary profit; nor of any person peddling or selling any articles of wearing apparel manufactured with his or her own hands; provided however, that the city council of the city of Woonsocket is hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the issuing and revocation at pleasure of licenses to hawkers and peddlers, pursuant to the provisions of this section, on a weekly basis and to establish a fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per year, and provided further, that the town councils of the towns of Middletown, East Greenwich and Glocester are hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the discretionary issuance and revocation of licenses to hawkers and peddlers, pursuant to the provisions of this section on a daily or weekly basis, to establish reasonable fees therefor, and to promulgate by ordinance reasonable rules and regulations with regard to the placement, duration, location, number and operation of those licenses within the town, and provided further, that the town councils of the towns of Cumberland and Bristol are hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the discretionary issuance and revocation of licenses to hawkers and peddlers on all state highways within the town on July 4 in any year and on a daily or weekly basis, and to establish reasonable fees therefor, and to promulgate by ordinance reasonable rules and regulations with regard to placement, duration, location, number and operation of those licenses within the town and provided further that the town council of the town of Smithfield is hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the discretionary issuance and revocation of licenses on a daily, weekly, monthly or annual basis, to establish reasonable fees therefor not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per year and to promulgate by ordinance reasonable rules and regulations with regard to the placement, duration, location, number and operation of these licenses within the town of Smithfield and provided further that the city council of the city of Providence is hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the issuance and revocation of licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to provide for the promulgation of reasonable rules and regulations with regard to the placement, duration, location, number and operation of said licenses within the city of Providence, and to establish reasonable fees therefor that may exceed the sum prescribed in this section {DEL . DEL} {ADD and provided further that the city council of the city of Pawtucket is hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the discretionary issuance and revocation of licenses to hawkers and peddlers on a daily, weekly, monthly or annual basis and to promulgate by ordinance reasonable rules and regulations with regard to the placement, duration, location, number and operation of said licenses within the city of Pawtucket and to establish reasonable fees therefor that may exceed the sum prescribed in this section. ADD} Provided further that no license shall be issued hereunder without said hawker or peddler providing proof that he/she has been issued a permit to make sales at retail by the division of taxation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.