as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/19/2012 12:56pm
A bill for an act
relating to alcohol; changing the structure of small and craft brewers; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6, is amended to
read:
The annual fees for licenses under this section are as follows:
(a) |
Manufacturers (except as provided in clauses (b) and (c)) |
$ |
30,000 |
Duplicates |
$ |
3,000 |
|
(b) |
Manufacturers of wines of not more than 25 percent alcohol by volume |
$ |
500 |
(c) |
Brewers who manufacture more than deleted text begin 3,500deleted text end new text begin 15,000new text end barrels of malt liquor in a year |
$ |
4,000 |
(d) |
new text begin Pub new text end brewers who also hold one or more retail on-sale licenses and who manufacture fewer than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a year, at any one licensed premises, the entire production of which is solely for consumption on tap on any licensed premises owned by the brewer, or for off-sale from those licensed premises as permitted in subdivision 7. A brewer licensed under this clause must obtain a separate license for each licensed premises where the brewer brews malt liquor. A brewer licensed under this clause may not be licensed as an importer under this chapter |
$ |
500 |
(e) |
Wholesalers (except as provided in clauses (f), (g), and (h)) |
$ |
15,000 |
Duplicates |
$ |
3,000 |
|
(f) |
Wholesalers of wines of not more than 25 percent alcohol by volume |
$ |
3,750 |
(g) |
Wholesalers of intoxicating malt liquor |
$ |
1,000 |
Duplicates |
$ |
25 |
|
(h) |
Wholesalers of 3.2 percent malt liquor |
$ |
10 |
(i) |
Brewers who manufacture fewer than deleted text begin 2,000deleted text end new text begin 7,500new text end barrels of malt liquor in a year |
$ |
150 |
(j) |
Brewers who manufacture deleted text begin 2,000 to 3,500deleted text end new text begin 7,500 to 15,000new text end barrels of malt liquor in a year |
$ |
500 |
If a business licensed under this section is destroyed, or damaged to the extent that
it cannot be carried on, or if it ceases because of the death or illness of the licensee, the
commissioner may refund the license fee for the balance of the license period to the
licensee or to the licensee's estate.
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This section is effective on July 1, 2012.
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