For kids in Texas, hosting a lemonade stand just got easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
Texas Governor Greg Abbot raised his glass to a new law on Monday that makes it officially legal for kids to run lemonade stands beginning on Sept. 1, 2019.
(MORE: 5-Year-Old Girl Raises More Than $25,000 in Lemonade Stand Sales for Disabled Brother)Texas Representative Matt Krause sponsored the bill, which allows minors to sell lemonade or other non-alcoholic beverages on private property without having to worry about authorities — including public health departments — enforcing laws that prohibit or regulate the sale of the drinks.
A video of the governor giving a toast after he signed the common sense law was posted to his Twitter.
“We had to pass a law because police shut down a kid’s lemonade stand,” he said in the video.
The governor appeared to be referring to a 2015 incident in which Overton police shut down a lemonade stand run by two young sisters. The girls were reportedly raising money for their Father’s Day gift when they were told it was illegal to sell lemonade without a permit.
(MORE: Texas Kids Told 'It's Illegal' to Sell Lemonade Without a Permit)“So kids, cheers,” the governor said.