1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; amending license fees for manufacturers; reducing an 
1.3 	appropriation for alcohol enforcement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
1.4 	section 340A.301, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, 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
350
	
1.11		Duplicates
	$
	3,000
	
1.12
1.13	(b)
	Manufacturers of wines of not more than 25 percent 
alcohol by volume
	$
	500
	
1.14
1.15	(c)
	Brewers who manufacture more than 3,500 barrels 
of malt liquor in a year
	$
	4,000
	
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1.17
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1.25
1.26
1.27	(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 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
	
1.28
1.29	(e)
	Wholesalers (except as provided in clauses (f), (g), 
and (h))
	$
	15,000
	
1.30		Duplicates
	$
	3,000
	
2.1
2.2	(f)
	Wholesalers of wines of not more than 25 percent 
alcohol by volume
	$
	3,750
	
2.3	(g)
	Wholesalers of intoxicating malt liquor
	$
	1,000
	
2.4		Duplicates
	$
	25
	
2.5	(h)
	Wholesalers of 3.2 percent malt liquor
	$
	10
	
2.6
2.7	(i)
	Brewers who manufacture fewer than 2,000 barrels 
of malt liquor in a year
	$
	150
	
2.8
2.9	(j)
	Brewers who manufacture 2,000 to 3,500 barrels of 
malt liquor in a year
	$
	500
	
2.10 	If a business licensed under this section is destroyed, or damaged to the extent that 
2.11 	it cannot be carried on, or if it ceases because of the death or illness of the licensee, the 
2.12 	commissioner may refund the license fee for the balance of the license period to the 
2.13 	licensee or to the licensee's estate.

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

2.15 	Sec. 2. ADJUSTMENT.
 2.16 	The appropriation in Laws 2009, chapter 83, article 1, section 10, subdivision 5, is 
2.17 	reduced by $59,000.

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