1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to liquor; modifying restrictions on wine 
  1.3             tastings; allowing consumption of malt liquor at wine 
  1.4             tastings; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.5             340A.418. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.418, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      340A.418 [WINE TASTINGS.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section, 
  1.11  a "wine tasting" is an event of not more than four eight hours' 
  1.12  duration at which persons pay a fee or donation to participate, 
  1.13  and are allowed to consume wine and malt liquor by the glass 
  1.14  without paying a separate charge for each glass. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [TASTINGS AUTHORIZED.] (a) A charitable, 
  1.16  religious, or other nonprofit organization may conduct a wine 
  1.17  tasting on premises the organization owns or leases or has use 
  1.18  donated to it, or on the licensed premises of a holder of an 
  1.19  on-sale intoxicating liquor license that is not a temporary 
  1.20  license, if the organization holds a temporary on-sale 
  1.21  intoxicating liquor license under section 340A.404, subdivision 
  1.22  10, and complies with this section.  An organization holding a 
  1.23  temporary license may be assisted in conducting the wine tasting 
  1.24  by another nonprofit organization. 
  1.25     (b) An organization that conducts a wine tasting under this 
  2.1   section may use the net proceeds from the wine tasting only for: 
  2.2      (1) the organization's primary nonprofit purpose; or 
  2.3      (2) donation to another nonprofit organization assisting in 
  2.4   the wine tasting, if the other nonprofit organization uses the 
  2.5   donation only for that organization's primary nonprofit purpose. 
  2.6      (c) No wine or malt liquor at a wine tasting under this 
  2.7   section may be sold, or orders taken, for off-premises 
  2.8   consumption. 
  2.9      (d) Notwithstanding any other law, an organization may 
  2.10  purchase or otherwise obtain wine and malt liquor for a wine 
  2.11  tasting conducted under this section from a wholesaler 
  2.12  wholesalers licensed to sell wine or malt liquor, and 
  2.13  the wholesaler wholesalers may sell or give wine or malt liquor 
  2.14  to an organization for a wine tasting conducted under this 
  2.15  section and may provide personnel to assist in the wine 
  2.16  tasting.  A wholesaler who sells or gives wine or malt liquor to 
  2.17  an organization for a wine tasting under this section must 
  2.18  deliver the wine or malt liquor directly to the location where 
  2.19  the wine tasting is conducted. 
  2.20     (e) This section does not prohibit or restrict a wine 
  2.21  tasting that is: 
  2.22     (1) located on on-sale premises where no charitable 
  2.23  organization is participating; or 
  2.24     (2) located on on-sale premises where the proceeds are for 
  2.25  a designated charity but where the tasting is primarily for 
  2.26  educational purposes.