1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; authorizing purchase in special circumstances;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6a.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6a, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 6a.Permits and fees. Any person engaged in the purchase, sale, or use 
1.8 	for any purpose other than personal consumption of intoxicating alcoholic beverages 
1.9 	or ethyl alcohol shall obtain the appropriate regulatory permit and identification card 
1.10 	from the commissioner as provided in this subdivision. The fee for each permit, other 
1.11 	than one issued to a state or federal agency, is $35 and must be submitted together with 
1.12 	the appropriate application form provided by the commissioner. Identification cards 
1.13 	and permits must be issued for a period coinciding with that of the appropriate state or 
1.14 	municipal license and are not transferable. In instances where there is no annual license 
1.15 	period, cards and permits expire one year after the date of issuance. The authority to 
1.16 	engage in the purchase, sale, or use granted by the card or permit may be revoked by the 
1.17 	commissioner upon evidence of a violation by the holder of such a card or permit of any 
1.18 	of the provisions of chapter 340A or any rule of the commissioner made pursuant to law. 
1.19 	Notwithstanding section 340A.401, in the event that an on-sale or off-sale license has 
1.20 	been issued and the state is unable to issue a card, the license shall be deemed sufficient to 
1.21 	allow purchase until the state is able to issue the necessary card.

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