HF 4344

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/09/2018 02:45pm

A bill for an act
relating to liquor; modifying requirements for operation of a municipal liquor
store; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 340A.601, subdivision 2;
340A.602.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.601, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Population change.

A city which has established a municipal liquor store may
continue to operate it notwithstanding a subsequent change in population deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin if within one year
after the effective date of the census by which the municipality exceeds 10,000 in population,
the question, "Shall the city continue to operate its municipal liquor store?" is submitted to
the voters of the city at a general or special municipal election and a majority of the voters
voting on the question at the election vote in the affirmative on the question. The notice of
the election shall state the question to be submitted to the electors at the election.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.602, is amended to read:

340A.602 CONTINUATION.

In any city in which the report of the operations of a municipal liquor store has shown
a net loss new text begin for the year, new text end prior to interfund transfer deleted text begin in any two of three consecutive years deleted text end , the
city council shall, not more than 45 days prior to the end of the fiscal year following the
deleted text begin three-year period deleted text end new text begin year showing a net loss new text end , hold a public hearing on the question of whether
the city shall continue to operate a municipal liquor store. Two weeks' notice, written in
clear and easily understandable language, of the hearing must be printed in the city's official
newspaper. Following the hearing the city council may on its own motion or shall upon
petition of five percent or more of the registered voters of the city, submit to the voters at
a general or special municipal election the question of whether the city shall continue or
discontinue municipal liquor store operations by a date which the city council shall designate.
The date designated by the city council must not be more than 30 months following the date
of the election. The form of the question shall be: "Shall the city of (name) discontinue
operating the municipal liquor store on (Month xx, 2xxx)?".

Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
new text end

new text begin Section 1 is effective retroactively from May 5, 1990, and applies to any city that (1)
currently has a population exceeding 10,000, and (2) exceeded 10,000 in population since
that date. Section 2 is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end