Great news for all parched Texans trying to battle the summer heat and young entrepreneurs!
Gov. Abbott signed a bill Monday night making it legal for children to operate lemonade stands without a license. The law also includes all non-alcoholic drinks.
The law targets local health codes and neighborhood rules that intentionally or unintentionally ban the stands or require permits for them to operate.
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Support for this law grew when police in Overton shut down a lemonade stand run by two siblings who were trying to raise money to buy their dad’s Father’s Day present.
The bill was passed unanimously in both chambers.
Abbott posted a video on Twitter calling it a “common sense law.”
It’s now legal for kids to sell lemonade at stands.
We had to pass a law because police shut down a kid’s lemonade stand.
Thanks to @RepMattKrause. #txlege #LEMONADE pic.twitter.com/xwfCob2nvV — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 11, 2019
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