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Two ambitious little girls were determined to raise enough money, $105 to be exact, to take their dad to a nearby water park for Father’s Day.

Eight-year-old Andria Green and her seven-year-old sister, Zoe, set up a lemonade stand near their home in Texas.

“The girls are always into making their own money,” their mother, Sandi Evans, told local television station KLTV.

Both a beverage and a snack were up for grabs; ice cold lemonade was going for 50 cents and kettle corn for a dollar, but if you purchased both together it was a just dollar.

The girls were off to a great start, but then two police officers parked on a nearby street showed up and shut their stand down due to state health and safety laws.

Evans told KLTV the police inquired if she had a permit for her daughters to sell lemonade. Evans didn’t know that certification — known as a “Peddler’s Permit” — was required to sell lemonade.

As shocking as all of this sounds, the city of Overton agreed to waive the $150 fee for a 'Peddler's Permit," but the health department would prove a bigger problem if the girls continued.

Police Chief Clyde Carter explains, “It is a lemonade stand but they also have a permit that they are required to get.”

Texas House Bill 970, or the Texas Baker's Bill, prohibits the sale of food which requires time or temperature control to prevent spoilage. Since lemonade technically must be refrigerated to prevent the growth of bacteria, by law, the girls cannot sell it without an inspection and permit.

However, despite this bump in their entrepreneurial endeavours, the two little girls will continue raising money to buy their dad the perfect gift.