45:5A-36 - Municipality, county prohibited from regulating locksmiths, alarm businesses

45:5A-36  Municipality, county prohibited from regulating locksmiths, alarm businesses.

16.  No municipality or county shall enact an ordinance or resolution or promulgate any rules or regulations relating to the licensing or registration of locksmiths or alarm businesses.  The provisions of any ordinance or resolution or rules or regulations of any municipality or county relating to the licensing or registration of locksmiths or alarm businesses are superseded by the provisions of this act.  Nothing in this section shall be construed, however, to prohibit municipal regulation of door-to-door vendors or salespersons of burglar alarm, fire alarm or electronic security systems nor shall anything in this section be construed to prohibit or restrict municipal consideration of alarm business service proposals in consent proceedings under the "Cable Television Act," P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.).

L.1997, c.305,s.16.