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SF 3010

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/28/2025 09:41 a.m.

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to liquor; exempting certain brewers from brand registration requirements;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.311.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.311, is amended to read:


340A.311 BRAND REGISTRATION.

(a) A brand of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor may not be manufactured,
imported into, or sold in the state unless the brand label has been registered with and approved
by the commissioner. A brand registration must be renewed every three years in order to
remain in effect. The fee for an initial brand registration is $40. The fee for brand registration
renewal is $30. The brand label of a brand of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor
for which the brand registration has expired, is conclusively deemed abandoned by the
manufacturer or importer.new text begin The registration requirement under this paragraph does not apply
to malt liquor manufactured by a brewer that is exclusively sold for consumption on the
brewer's licensed premises or for off-sale under section 340A.29.
new text end

(b) In this section "brand" and "brand label" include trademarks and designs used in
connection with labels.

(c) The label of any brand of wine or intoxicating or nonintoxicating malt beverage may
be registered only by the brand owner or authorized agent. No such brand may be imported
into the state for sale without the consent of the brand owner or authorized agent. This
section does not limit the provisions of section 340A.307.

(d) The commissioner shall refuse to register a malt liquor brand label, and shall revoke
the registration of a malt liquor brand label already registered, if the brand label states or
implies in a false or misleading manner a connection with an actual living or dead American
Indian leader. This paragraph does not apply to a brand label registered for the first time in
Minnesota before January 1, 1992.