1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; authorizing off-sale of malt liquor by certain size brewers during 
1.3 	the COVID-19 peacetime emergency.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LIMITED TIME LICENSE TO MAKE OFF-SALE OF MALT LIQUOR 
1.6 	AUTHORIZED.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.28, subdivision 2, a municipality 
1.8 	may issue an off-sale license under Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.28, to a brewer 
1.9 	otherwise eligible under that section that brews more than 20,000 barrels of its own brands 
1.10 	of malt liquor annually.
1.11 	(b) A license issued under paragraph (a) terminates when the COVID-19 peacetime 
1.12 	emergency declared in Executive Order 20-01, and extended by orders through and including 
1.13 	Executive Order 20-97, or any subsequent order, expires, or is terminated or rescinded.

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