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HF 2932

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/19/2012 12:56pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to liquor; authorizing wine festivals to offer limited off-sales of wine by
the bottle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 340A.404,
subdivision 5a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 340A.404, subdivision 5a,
is amended to read:


Subd. 5a.

Wine festival.

A municipality with the approval of the commissioner may
issue a temporary license to a bona fide association of owners and operators of wineries
sponsoring an annual festival to showcase wines produced by members of the association.
The license issued under this subdivision authorizes the sale of table, sparkling, or fortified
wines produced by the wineries at on-sale by the glass, provided that no more than two
glasses per customer may be sold, and new text begin off-sale by the bottle, provided that no more than
six bottles per customer may be sold. The license also authorizes
new text end the dispensing of free
samples of the wines offered for sale within designated premises of the festival. A license
issued under this subdivision is subject to all laws and ordinances governing the sale,
possession, and consumption of table, sparkling, or fortified wines. For purposes of this
subdivision, a "bona fide association of owners and operators of wineries" means an
association of more than ten wineries that has been in existence for more than two years at
the time of application for the temporary license.

Sec. 2. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.404,
subdivision 5a, as Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.4175, and make any necessary
cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes.
new text end