HF 852

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to liquor; authorizing a license to sell wine or malt liquor within one-half
mile of the State Fairgrounds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
37.21, subdivision 2; 340A.412, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 37.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Exceptions.

new text begin (a) new text end Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the State Agricultural
Society may authorize, under terms and conditions it chooses, the sale, possession, and
consumption of intoxicating liquors at special events taking place on the fairgrounds at
times other than during the annual fair including, but not limited to, family reunions, class
reunions, weddings, conventions, and similar events. This section does not authorize the
society to issue retail licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages.

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a license to sell wine or intoxicating malt
liquor under section 340A.404, subdivision 5, may be issued within one-half mile of
the fairgrounds.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 340A.412, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Licenses prohibited in certain areas.

(a) No license to sell intoxicating
liquor may be issued within the following areas:

(1) where restricted against commercial use through zoning ordinances and other
proceedings or legal processes regularly had for that purpose, except licenses may be
issued to restaurants in areas which were restricted against commercial uses after the
establishment of the restaurant;

(2) within the Capitol or on the Capitol grounds, except as provided under Laws
1983, chapter 259, section 9, or Laws 1999, chapter 202, section 13;

(3) on the State Fairgrounds or at any place in a city of the first class within one-half
mile of the fairgrounds, except as otherwise provided by charter new text begin , except that a license to
sell wine or intoxicating malt liquor under section 340A.404, subdivision 5, may be issued
within one-half mile of the fairgrounds new text end ;

(4) on the campus of the College of Agriculture of the University of Minnesota or at
any place in a city of the first class within one-half mile of the campus, provided that a city
may issue one on-sale wine license and one off-sale intoxicating liquor license in this area
that is not included in the area described in clause (3), except as provided by charter;

(5) within 1,000 feet of a state hospital, training school, reformatory, prison, or other
institution under the supervision or control, in whole or in part, of the commissioner of
human services or the commissioner of corrections;

(6) in a town or municipality in which a majority of votes at the last election
at which the question of license was voted upon were not in favor of license under
section 340A.416, or within one-half mile of any such town or municipality, except that
intoxicating liquor manufactured within this radius may be sold to be consumed outside it;

(7) at any place on the east side of the Mississippi River within one-tenth of a mile
of the main building of the University of Minnesota unless (i) the licensed establishment
is on property owned or operated by a nonprofit corporation organized prior to January
1, 1940, for and by former students of the University of Minnesota, or (ii) the licensed
premises is Northrop Auditorium;

(8) within 1,500 feet of a state university, except that:

(i) the minimum distance in the case of Winona and Southwest State University is
1,200 feet, measured by a direct line from the nearest corner of the administration building
to the main entrance of the licensed establishment;

(ii) within 1,500 feet of St. Cloud State University one on-sale wine and two off-sale
intoxicating liquor licenses may be issued, measured by a direct line from the nearest
corner of the administration building to the main entrance of the licensed establishment;

(iii) at Mankato State University the distance is measured from the front door of
the student union of the Highland campus;

(iv) a temporary license under section 340A.404, subdivision 10, may be issued to
a location on the grounds of a state university for an event sponsored or approved by
the state university; and

(v) this restriction does not apply to the area surrounding the premises of
Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis; and

(9) within 1,500 feet of any public school that is not within a city.

(b) The restrictions of this subdivision do not apply to a manufacturer or wholesaler
of intoxicating liquor or to a drugstore or to a person who had a license originally issued
lawfully prior to July 1, 1967.