274:, or, for a truly ludicrous example, "'Restaurant' also means a facility located in any municipality haiving a population in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) accoring to the 1990 federal census, or any subsequent census, in which coffees, teas, pastries, and other foodstuffs are offered for sale for consumption on the premises, which facility has a seating capacity of at least thirty (30) seats and which facility obatins at least fifty percent (50%) of its annual gross revenues from the sale of coffees, teas, and pastries..." {Tennessee Code Annotated, 57-4-102(27)(F)), which is a provision of a "public act" which essentially allows one particular pastry shop to apply for a liquor license. Are such things common in most states, or is Tennessee a particularly bad example?
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cities, meaning that they must be passed to do things such as give many small-town mayors a raise or change the length of terms of city counsellors. Additionally, similar bills are often passed with wording like "this article shall only be operative in cities with a population of 680,000 or greater
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Well, I have referenced "Bill of
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Schiavo case itself, now deleted from the article? --
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