HF 2696

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/19/2017 09:24am

A bill for an act
relating to liquor; allowing the holder of a brewer license to also have an ownership
interest in a business with an on-sale license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016,
section 340A.301, subdivision 8.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.301, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Interest in other business.

(a) Except as provided in this subdivision, a holder
of a license as a manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler may not have any ownership,
in whole or in part, in a business holding a retail intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt
liquor license. The commissioner may not issue a license under this section to a manufacturer,
brewer, importer, or wholesaler if a retailer of intoxicating liquor has a direct or indirect
interest in the manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler. A manufacturer or wholesaler
of intoxicating liquor may use or have property rented for retail intoxicating liquor sales
only if the manufacturer or wholesaler has owned the property continuously since November
1, 1933. A retailer of intoxicating liquor may not use or have property rented for the
manufacture or wholesaling of intoxicating liquor.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision 9, no brewer as defined in subdivision 9 or importer
may have any interest, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in the license, business,
assets, or corporate stock of a licensed malt liquor wholesaler.

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a holder of a license as a brewer under
subdivision 6, clause (c), (i), or (j), may have an ownership interest, in whole or in part, in
a business holding an on-sale license provided that:
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new text begin (1) no more than one on-sale license other than a brewer taproom license is held by a
holder of a brewer's license;
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new text begin (2) if the brewer owns or has an interest in a wholesaler under subdivision 9, paragraph
(g), it must not sell any of its products to the business owned by the on-sale licensee through
the wholesaler; and
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new text begin (3) the premises described in the on-sale license are not adjacent to the premises of the
brewer.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2017.
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