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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: "Shopping days"
Message-ID: <141@utastro.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 09:23:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 09:23:12 1985
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Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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Summary: Blue Laws

> Texas still has blue laws about being closed on Sundays,
> except for drug, grocery and convenience stores. Even these
> have restrictions on what they can sell on Sundays. (you
> can't go down to the drug store and buy a household
> appliance, such as an iron, on Sunday.) The law is written
> such that a store must be closed one day a week. Most, but
> not all stores choose Sunday.

Not any more.  This law was repealed during the last Legislature.
The new regime went into effect over a month ago.  Thank goodness!