Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine February 2018

public without protection. To the end that the public is protected and the doors of opportunity are open to those wanting to enter the HVACR industry, we the Arkansas HVACR Association pledge to support efforts to reduce unnecessary licensing and regulation. (1) Federal Trade Commission; The Effects of Occupational Licensure on Competition, Consumers, and the Workforce: Empirical Research and Results https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events- calendar/2017/11/effects-occupational-licensure- competition-consumers-workforce (2) Federal Trade Commission; Economic Liberty: Opening Doors to Opportunity https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy/economic- liberty (3) Directory Of Licensed, Certified And Registered Occupations In Arkansas”, Arkansas Department of Workforce Services http ://www.discover.arkansas.gov/Portals/136/Publications/License d%20Occupations/DLO_2015.pdf (4) 17-33-303, Arkansas HVAC/R Law, p. 10,11 http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/p ublications/hvacrlaw.pdf (5) “License to Work : A National Study from Burdens of Occupational Licensing” 2 nd Edition, Protectionist Origins of Licensure; Carpenter, Knepper, Sweetland, McDonald p. 29 file:///I:/Back%20up%20of%20Seagate/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus %20Drive/Arkansas%20HVACR%20Association/Licensing%20Atta cks%20and%20Justification/License_to_Work_2nd_Edition.pdf (6) Trump's Secretary of Labor Attacks One Of Our Worst Job Barriers, Forbes Contributor George Leef, August 21, 2017, https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2017/08/2 1/trumps-secretary-of-labor-attacks-one-of-our-worst- job-barriers/#484a543821c0 (7) U.S. Secretary Of Labor Acosta Addresses Occupational Licensing Reform Secretary Of Labor, Alexander Acosta, News Release 7/21/2017 https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/opa/opa201 70721 (8) “Competition and the Potential Costs and Benefits of Professional Licensure” FTC prepared statement before COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D.C. JULY 16, 2014 https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_ statements/568171/140716professionallicensurehous e.pdf (9) “Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 2009” EPA https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/P1002RC8.txt?ZyActionD=Z yDocument&Client=EPA&Index=2006%20Thru%202010&Docs=& Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&T oc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QField Day=&UseQField=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery Tom Hunt, Executive Director Arkansas HVACR Association

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License? I don’t need a license. I’ve been cutting my own hair for years.