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Session Laws, 1975
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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

3597

Sunday for any wholesale or retail establishment to
conduct business for labor or profit in the usual manner
and location or to operate its establishment in any
manner for the general public. It shall not cause,
direct, permit, or authorize any employee or agent to
engage in or conduct business on its behalf on Sunday.

(b)    Notwithstanding any provision of this section,
the operation of any of the following types of retail
establishments is allowed on Sunday:

1.      Drugstores whose basic business is the
sale of drugs and related items.

2.     Delicatessens whose principal business
is the sale of delicatessens and related food items,

3.     Bakeries and bakeshops.

4.       Gasoline stations whose principal
business is the sale of gasoline, oil, and other
automobile maintenance items,

(c)    Nothing in this section applies to:

1.     Farmers

2.     Nurserymen

3.      Any business with not more than six
persons on any one shift on Sunday with the exception of
persons or retailers engaged in the sale of motor
vehicles.

(d)    Nothing in this section is applicable to any
person who by reason of his religious conviction observes
a day other than Sunday as his day of rest and actually
refrains from labor or secular business on that day, and
whose establishment is closed for business on that day.
The term "a day other than Sunday" as used herein shall
mean any consecutive twenty—four hour period.

(e)    Notwithstanding any provision of this section,
any establishment which offers service as its primary
business is allowed to operate on Sunday.

(f)     Industries where continuous processing or
manufacturing is required by the very nature of the
process involved are allowed to operate on Sunday.

(g)     All recreational activities, sports, and
amusements are permitted on Sunday.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be deemed or

 

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