House Bill 443 aims to revise the laws governing the regulation of transient retail merchants by granting authority to county commissioners and alternative governing bodies to regulate and license these merchants. The bill establishes that these local authorities can impose restrictions or limitations as prescribed by law, thereby enhancing their ability to oversee transient retail activities within their jurisdictions.

In addition to providing this regulatory authority, the bill also repeals several existing sections of the Montana Code Annotated related to the licensing of transient retail merchants, specifically sections 7-21-2401 through 7-21-2411. This repeal eliminates previous requirements such as the need for a license to operate as a transient retail merchant, the nontransferability of licenses, and the application process for obtaining such licenses, thereby streamlining the regulatory framework for transient retail merchants in Montana.