1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; authorizing brewpubs to sell malt liquor to licensed wholesalers 
1.3 	for distribution to other retail licensees without limit; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Fees. The annual fees for licenses under this section are as follows:

1.91.10
	(a)
	Manufacturers (except as provided in clauses (b) 
and (c))
	$
	30,000
	
1.11		Duplicates
	$
	3,000
	
1.12
1.13	(b)
	Manufacturers of wines of not more than 25 percent 
alcohol by volume
	$
	500
	
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1.15	(c)
	Brewers who manufacture more than 3,500 barrels 
of malt liquor in a year
	$
	4,000
	
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1.29	(d)
	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 onretail sale at on-sale 
or off-sale at any licensed premises owned by the 
brewer, or for off-sale from those licensed premises
as permitted inand limited by subdivision 7, and for 
sale to licensed wholesalers for distribution to other 
retail licensees without limit. 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
	
1.30
1.31	(e)
	Wholesalers (except as provided in clauses (f), (g), 
and (h))
	$
	15,000
	
2.1		Duplicates
	$
	3,000
	
2.2
2.3	(f)
	Wholesalers of wines of not more than 25 percent 
alcohol by volume
	$
	3,750
	
2.4	(g)
	Wholesalers of intoxicating malt liquor
	$
	1,000
	
2.5		Duplicates
	$
	25
	
2.6	(h)
	Wholesalers of 3.2 percent malt liquor
	$
	10
	
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2.8	(i)
	Brewers who manufacture fewer than 2,000 barrels 
of malt liquor in a year
	$
	150
	
2.92.10
	(j)
	Brewers who manufacture 2,000 to 3,500 barrels of 
malt liquor in a year
	$
	500
	
2.11 	If a business licensed under this section is destroyed, or damaged to the extent that 
2.12 	it cannot be carried on, or if it ceases because of the death or illness of the licensee, the 
2.13 	commissioner may refund the license fee for the balance of the license period to the 
2.14 	licensee or to the licensee's estate.

2.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.