1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to alcohol; changing the structure of small and craft brewers;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.301, subdivision 6.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

1.8
1.9	(a)
	Manufacturers (except as provided in clauses (b) 
and (c))
	$
	30,000
	
1.10		Duplicates
	$
	3,000
	
1.11
1.12	(b)
	Manufacturers of wines of not more than 25 percent 
alcohol by volume
	$
	500
	
1.13
1.14	(c)
	Brewers who manufacture more than 3,50015,000
barrels of malt liquor in a year
	$
	4,000
	
1.15
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1.25
1.26	(d)
	Pub 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
	
1.27
1.28	(e)
	Wholesalers (except as provided in clauses (f), (g), 
and (h))
	$
	15,000
	
1.29		Duplicates
	$
	3,000
	
1.30
1.31	(f)
	Wholesalers of wines of not more than 25 percent 
alcohol by volume
	$
	3,750
	
2.1	(g)
	Wholesalers of intoxicating malt liquor
	$
	1,000
	
2.2		Duplicates
	$
	25
	
2.3	(h)
	Wholesalers of 3.2 percent malt liquor
	$
	10
	
2.4
2.5	(i)
	Brewers who manufacture fewer than 2,0007,500
barrels of malt liquor in a year
	$
	150
	
2.6
2.7	(j)
	Brewers who manufacture 2,000 to 3,5007,500 to 
15,000 barrels of malt liquor in a year
	$
	500
	
2.8 	If a business licensed under this section is destroyed, or damaged to the extent that 
2.9 	it cannot be carried on, or if it ceases because of the death or illness of the licensee, the 
2.10 	commissioner may refund the license fee for the balance of the license period to the 
2.11 	licensee or to the licensee's estate.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective on July 1, 2012.