<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to liquor; recodifying statutes related to certain licensees; regulating
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages; authorizing various liquor licenses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 340A.101, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>340A.22; 340A.301; 340A.404, subdivisions 2, 10; 340A.503, subdivision 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>340A.504, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>chapter 340A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var><b>RECODIFICATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.101, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3a. <b>Brew pub.</b> "Brew pub" is a brewer who also holds one or more retail <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>on-sale licenses and who manufactures fewer than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a
         year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>at any one licensed premises, the entire production of which is solely for consumption
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>on tap on any licensed premises owned by the brewer, or for off-sale from those licensed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>premises as permitted in section 340A.24, subdivision 2. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.22, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var><b>340A.22 MICRODISTILLERIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Activities.</b> (a) A microdistillery licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>340A.301</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivision 6c, this chapter may provide on its premises samples of distilled spirits <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>manufactured on its premises, in an amount not to exceed 15 milliliters per variety
         per <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>person. No more than 45 milliliters may be sampled under this paragraph by any person
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>on any day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(b) A microdistillery can sell cocktails to the public, pursuant to subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Cocktail room license.</b> (a) A municipality, including a city with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>municipal liquor store, may issue the holder of a microdistillery license under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var><statute_ref>340A.301, subdivision 6c</statute_ref>, this chapter a microdistillery cocktail room license. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>microdistillery cocktail room license authorizes on-sale of distilled liquor produced
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>the distiller for consumption on the premises of or adjacent to one distillery location
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>owned by the distiller. Nothing in this subdivision precludes the holder of a microdistillery
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>cocktail room license from also holding a license to operate a restaurant at the distillery.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>Section 
         <statute_ref>340A.409</statute_ref> shall apply to a license issued under this subdivision. All provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>this chapter that apply to a retail liquor license shall apply to a license issued
         under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>subdivision unless the provision is explicitly inconsistent with this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(b) A distiller may only have one cocktail room license under this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>and may not have an ownership interest in a distillery licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>340A.301</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>subdivision 6, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(c) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a distiller holding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>microdistillery cocktail room license under this subdivision, subject to limitations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>applicable to license fees under section 
         <statute_ref>340A.408, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(d) A municipality shall, within ten days of the issuance of a license under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>subdivision, inform the commissioner of the licensee's name and address and trade
         name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>and the effective date and expiration date of the license. The municipality shall
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>inform the commissioner of a license transfer, cancellation, suspension, or revocation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>during the license period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(e) No single entity may hold both a cocktail room and taproom license, and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>cocktail room and taproom may not be co-located.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>License; fee.</b> The commissioner shall establish a fee for licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>microdistilleries that adequately covers the cost of issuing the license and other
         inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>requirements. The fees shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>are appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision. All other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>requirements of section 340A.301 apply to a license under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. <b>[340A.24] BREW PUBS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>On-sale license.</b> A brew pub may be issued an on-sale intoxicating <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license by a municipality for a restaurant operated
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>the place of manufacture.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Off-sale license.</b> Notwithstanding section 340A.405, a brew pub that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>holds an on-sale license issued pursuant to this section may, with the approval of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>commissioner, be issued a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor produced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>and packaged on the licensed premises. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to
         the legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>hours for off-sale at exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the brew
         pub is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>located, and the malt liquor sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>applicable off-sale closing time at exclusive liquor stores. Packaging of malt liquor
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>off-sale under this subdivision must comply with section 340A.285.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Total retail sales.</b> A brew pub's total retail sales at on- or off-sale under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>this section may not exceed 3,500 barrels per year, provided that off-sales may not
         total <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>more than 500 barrels.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Interest in other license.</b> (a) A brew pub may hold or have an interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>in other retail on-sale licenses, but may not have an ownership interest in whole
         or in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>part, or be an officer, director, agent, or employee of, any other manufacturer, brewer,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>importer, or wholesaler, or be an affiliate thereof whether the affiliation is corporate
         or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>management, direction, or control.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Notwithstanding this prohibition, a brew pub may be an affiliate or subsidiary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>company of a brewer licensed in Minnesota or elsewhere if that brewer's only manufacture
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>of malt liquor is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) manufacture licensed under section 340A.301, subdivision 6, clause (d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) manufacture in another state for consumption exclusively in a restaurant located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>in the place of manufacture; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) manufacture in another state for consumption primarily in a restaurant located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>in or immediately adjacent to the place of manufacture if the brewer was licensed
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>section 340A.301, subdivision 6, clause (d), on January 1, 1995.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Prohibition.</b> A brew pub licensed under this chapter may not be licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>as an importer under section 340A.302.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>[340A.26] BREWER TAPROOMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Brewer taproom license.</b> (a) A municipality, including a city with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>municipal liquor store, may issue the holder of a brewer's license under section 340A.301,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>subdivision 6, clause (c), (i), or (j), a brewer taproom license. A brewer taproom
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>authorizes on-sale of malt liquor produced by the brewer for consumption on the premises
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>of or adjacent to one brewery location owned by the brewer. Nothing in this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>precludes the holder of a brewer taproom license from also holding a license to operate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>a restaurant at the brewery. Section 340A.409 shall apply to a license issued under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>subdivision. All provisions of this chapter that apply to a retail liquor license
         shall apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>to a license issued under this subdivision unless the provision is explicitly inconsistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>with this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(b) A brewer may only have one taproom license under this subdivision, and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>not have an ownership interest in a brew pub.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Prohibition.</b> A municipality may not issue a brewer taproom license to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>brewer if the brewer seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>brewer seeking the license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license,
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>a brewer that brews more than 250,000 barrels of malt liquor annually or a winery
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>produces more than 250,000 gallons of wine annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Fee.</b> The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a brewer holding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>brewer taproom license under this subdivision, subject to limitations applicable to
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>fees under section 340A.408, subdivision 2, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Municipality to inform commissioner.</b> A municipality shall, within ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>days of the issuance of a license under this subdivision, inform the commissioner
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>licensee's name and address and trade name, and the effective date and expiration
         date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>the license. The municipality shall also inform the commissioner of a license transfer,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>cancellation, suspension, or revocation during the license period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Sunday on-sale.</b> Notwithstanding section 340A.504, subdivision 3, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>taproom may be open and may conduct on-sale business on Sundays if authorized by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>municipality.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>[340A.28] SMALL BREWER OFF-SALE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>License; limitations.</b> A brewer licensed under section 340A.301, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>subdivision 6, clause (c), (i), or (j), may be issued a license by a municipality
         for off-sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>of malt liquor at its licensed premises that has been produced and packaged by the
         brewer. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>The license must be approved by the commissioner. A brewer may only have one license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>under this subdivision. The amount of malt liquor sold at off-sale may not exceed
         500 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>barrels annually. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to the legal hours for
         off-sale at <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the brewer is located, and the
         malt <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>liquor sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before the applicable off-sale
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>closing time at exclusive liquor stores. Packaging of malt liquor for off-sale under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>subdivision must comply with section 340A.285.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Prohibition.</b> A municipality may not issue a license under this section to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>brewer if the brewer seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>brewer seeking the license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license,
         is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>brewer that brews more than 20,000 barrels of its own brands of malt liquor annually
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>winery that produces more than 250,000 gallons of wine annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Fee.</b> The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a brewer holding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>license under this subdivision, subject to limitations applicable to license fees
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>section 340A.408, subdivision 3, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>[340A.285] GROWLERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>(a) Malt liquor authorized for off-sale pursuant to section 340A.24 or 340A.28 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>shall be packaged in 64-ounce containers commonly known as "growlers" or in 750 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>milliliter bottles. The containers or bottles shall bear a twist-type closure, cork,
         stopper, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>or plug. At the time of sale, a paper or plastic adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>applied to the container or bottle and extended over the top of the twist-type closure,
         cork, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>stopper, or plug forming a seal that must be broken upon opening the container or
         bottle. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>The adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall bear the name and address of the brewer.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>containers or bottles shall be identified as malt liquor, contain the name of the
         malt liquor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>bear the name and address of the brew pub or brewer selling the malt liquor, and shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>be considered intoxicating liquor unless the alcoholic content is labeled as otherwise
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>(b) A brew pub or brewer may, but is not required to, refill any container or bottle
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>with malt liquor for off-sale at the request of the customer. A brew pub or brewer
         refilling <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>a container or bottle must do so at its licensed premises and the container or bottle
         must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>filled at the tap at the time of sale. A container or bottle refilled under this paragraph
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>be sealed and labeled in the manner described in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.301, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><b>340A.301 MANUFACTURERS</b><b>, BREWERS,</b><b> AND WHOLESALERS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var><b>LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Licenses required.</b> No person may directly or indirectly manufacture <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>or sell at wholesale intoxicating liquor, or 3.2 percent malt liquor without obtaining
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>appropriate license from the commissioner, except where otherwise provided in this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>chapter. A manufacturer's license includes the right to import. A licensed brewer
         may sell <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>the brewer's products at wholesale only if the brewer has been issued a wholesaler's
         license. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>The commissioner shall issue a wholesaler's license to a brewer only if (1) the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>determines that the brewer was selling the brewer's own products at wholesale in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>Minnesota on January 1, 1991, or (2) the brewer has acquired a wholesaler's business
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>assets under subdivision 7a, paragraph (c) or (d). A licensed wholesaler of intoxicating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>malt liquor may sell 3.2 percent malt liquor at wholesale without an additional license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Persons eligible.</b> (a) Licenses under this section may be issued only to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>a person who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>(1) is of good moral character and repute;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>(2) is 21 years of age or older;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>(3) has not had a license issued under this chapter revoked within five years of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>date of license application, or to any person who at the time of the violation owns
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>interest, whether as a holder of more than five percent of the capital stock of a
         corporation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>licensee, as a partner or otherwise, in the premises or in the business conducted
         thereon, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>or to a corporation, partnership, association, enterprise, business, or firm in which
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>such person is in any manner interested; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>(4) has not been convicted within five years of the date of license application of
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>felony, or of a willful violation of a federal or state law, or local ordinance governing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale or distribution of alcoholic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>beverages. The Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division may require that fingerprints
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>be taken and may forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>purposes of a criminal history check.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>(b) In order to determine if an individual has a felony or willful violation of federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>or state law governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>distribution of an alcoholic beverage, the applicant for a license to manufacture
         or sell <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>at wholesale must provide the commissioner with their signed, written informed consent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>to conduct a background check. The commissioner may query the Minnesota criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>history repository for records on the applicant. If the commissioner conducts a national
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>criminal history record check, the commissioner must obtain fingerprints from the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>applicant and forward them and the required fee to the superintendent of the Bureau
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>of Criminal Apprehension. The superintendent may exchange the fingerprints with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of obtaining the applicant's national
         criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>history record information. The superintendent shall return the results of the national
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>criminal history records check to the commissioner for the purpose of determining
         if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>applicant is qualified to receive a license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Application.</b> An application for a license under this section must be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>to the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes and must be accompanied
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>the fee specified in subdivision 6. If an application is denied, $100 of the amount
         of any fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>exceeding that amount shall be retained by the commissioner to cover costs of investigation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Bond.</b> The commissioner may not issue a license under this section to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>person who has not filed a bond with corporate surety, or cash, or United States government
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>bonds payable to the state. The proof of financial responsibility must be approved
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>commissioner before the license is issued. The bond must be conditioned on the licensee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>obeying all laws governing the business and paying when due all taxes, fees, penalties
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>other charges, and must provide that it is forfeited to the state on a violation of
         law. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>subdivision does not apply to a Minnesota farm winery, licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>340A.315</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>that is in existence as of January 1, 2010. Bonds must be in the following amounts:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="35"></col>
            <col width="7.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="7.5"></col>
            <col width="7.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Manufacturers and wholesalers of intoxicating <br />
                  		liquor except as provided in this subdivision<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Manufacturers and wholesalers of wine up to <br />
                  		25 percent alcohol by weight<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">5,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Manufacturers and wholesalers of beer of more <br />
                  		than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Manufacturers and wholesalers of fewer than <br />
                  		20,000 proof gallons<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Manufacturers and wholesalers of 20,000 to <br />
                  		40,000 proof gallons<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Period of license.</b> Licenses issued under this section are valid for one year <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>except that to coordinate expiration dates initial licenses may be issued for a shorter
         period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Fees.</b> The annual fees for licenses under this section are as follows:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="7.5"></col>
            <col width="40"></col>
            <col width="12.5"></col>
            <col width="7.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(a)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Manufacturers (except as provided in clauses (b) <br />
                  		and (c))<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">30,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td>Duplicates<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(b)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Manufacturers of wines of not more than 25 percent <br />
                  		alcohol by volume<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(c)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Brewers who manufacture more than 3,500 barrels <br />
                  		of malt liquor in a year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.37"></a><var>7.37</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.38"></a><var>7.38</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.39"></a><var>7.39</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.40"></a><var>7.40</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(d)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Brewers who also hold one or more retail on-sale <br />
                  		licenses and who manufacture fewer than 3,500 <br />
                  		barrels of malt liquor in a year, at any one licensed <br />
                  		premises, the entire production of which is solely for <br />
                  		consumption on tap on any licensed premises owned <br />
                  		by the brewer, or for off-sale from those licensed <br />
                  		premises as permitted in subdivision 7 Brew pubs. <br />
                  		A brewer brew pub licensed under this clause must <br />
                  		obtain a separate license for each licensed premises <br />
                  		where the brewer brews brew pub produces malt <br />
                  		liquor. A brewer licensed under this clause may not <br />
                  		be licensed as an importer under this chapter<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.41"></a><var>7.41</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.42"></a><var>7.42</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(e)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Wholesalers (except as provided in clauses (f), (g), <br />
                  		and (h))<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">15,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.43"></a><var>7.43</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td>Duplicates<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.44"></a><var>7.44</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.45"></a><var>7.45</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(f)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Wholesalers of wines of not more than 25 percent <br />
                  		alcohol by volume<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,750<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.46"></a><var>7.46</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(g)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Wholesalers of intoxicating malt liquor<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td>Duplicates<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">25<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(h)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Wholesalers of 3.2 percent malt liquor<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">10<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(i)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Brewers who manufacture fewer than 2,000 barrels <br />
                  		of malt liquor in a year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">150<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">(j)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Brewers who manufacture 2,000 to 3,500 barrels <br />
                  		of malt liquor in a year<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">500<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>If a business licensed under this section is destroyed, or damaged to the extent that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>it cannot be carried on, or if it ceases because of the death or illness of the licensee,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>commissioner may refund the license fee for the balance of the license period to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>licensee or to the licensee's estate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6a. <b>Permits and </b><b>identification cards; </b><b>fees.</b> Any person engaged in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>purchase, sale, or use for any purpose other than personal consumption of intoxicating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>alcoholic beverages or ethyl alcohol shall obtain the appropriate regulatory permit
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>identification card from the commissioner as provided in this subdivision. The fee
         for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>permit, other than one issued to a state or federal agency, is $35 and must be submitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>together with the appropriate application form provided by the commissioner. Identification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>cards and permits must be issued for a period coinciding with that of the appropriate
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>or municipal license and are not transferable. In instances where there is no annual
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>period, cards and permits expire one year after the date of issuance. The authority
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>engage in the purchase, sale, or use granted by the card or permit may be revoked
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>commissioner upon evidence of a violation by the holder of such a card or permit of
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>of the provisions of chapter 340A or any rule of the commissioner made pursuant to
         law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6b. <b>Brewer taproom license.</b> (a) A municipality, including a city with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>municipal liquor store, may issue the holder of a brewer's license under subdivision
         6, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>clause (c), (i), or (j), a brewer taproom license. A brewer taproom license authorizes
         on-sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>of malt liquor produced by the brewer for consumption on the premises of or adjacent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>to one brewery location owned by the brewer. Nothing in this subdivision precludes
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>holder of a brewer taproom license from also holding a license to operate a restaurant
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>the brewery. Section 
         <statute_ref>340A.409</statute_ref> shall apply to a license issued under this subdivision. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>provisions of this chapter that apply to a retail liquor license shall apply to a
         license issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>under this subdivision unless the provision is explicitly inconsistent with this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>(b) A brewer may only have one taproom license under this subdivision, and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>not have an ownership interest in a brewery licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>(c) A municipality may not issue a brewer taproom license to a brewer if the brewer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest in the brewer seeking
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.36"></a><var>8.36</var>license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license, is a brewer that
         brews <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>more than 250,000 barrels of malt liquor annually or a winery that produces more than
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>250,000 gallons of wine annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>(d) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a brewer holding a brewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>taproom license under this subdivision, subject to limitations applicable to license
         fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>340A.408, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>(e) A municipality shall, within ten days of the issuance of a license under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>subdivision, inform the commissioner of the licensee's name and address and trade
         name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>and the effective date and expiration date of the license. The municipality shall
         also <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>inform the commissioner of a license transfer, cancellation, suspension, or revocation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>during the license period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>(f) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>340A.504, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, a taproom may be open and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>may conduct on-sale business on Sundays if authorized by the municipality.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6c. <b>Microdistilleries.</b>  The commissioner shall establish a fee for licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>microdistilleries that adequately covers the cost of issuing the license and other
         inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>requirements. The fees shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>are appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6d. <b>Small brewer license.</b> (a) A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>(c), (i), or (j), may be issued a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor
         at its <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>licensed premises that has been produced and packaged by the brewer. The license must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>approved by the commissioner. The amount of malt liquor sold at off-sale may not exceed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>500 barrels annually. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to the legal hours
         for off-sale at <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the brewer is located, and the
         malt liquor <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before the applicable off-sale closing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>time at exclusive liquor stores. The malt liquor shall be packed in 64-ounce containers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>commonly known as "growlers" or in 750 milliliter bottles. The containers or bottles
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>bear a twist-type closure, cork, stopper, or plug. At the time of the sale, a paper
         or plastic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall be applied to the container or bottle and extended
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>the top of the twist-type closure, cork, stopper, or plug forming a seal that must
         be broken <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>upon opening of the container or bottle. The adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall
         bear the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>name and address of the brewer. The containers or bottles shall be identified as malt
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>liquor, contain the name of the malt liquor, bear the name and address of the brewer
         selling <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>the malt liquor, and shall be considered intoxicating liquor unless the alcoholic
         content is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>labeled as otherwise in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>(b) A brewer may, but is not required to, refill any growler with malt liquor for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>off-sale at the request of a customer. A brewer refilling a growler must do so at
         its licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>premises and the growler must be filled at the tap at the time of sale. A growler
         refilled <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>under this paragraph must be sealed and labeled in the manner described in paragraph
         (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>(c) A brewer may only have one license under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>(d) A municipality may not issue a license under this subdivision to a brewer if the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>brewer seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest in the brewer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>seeking the license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license, is
         a brewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>that brews more than 20,000 barrels of its own brands of malt liquor annually or a
         winery <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>that produces more than 250,000 gallons of wine annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>(e) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a brewer holding a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>under this subdivision, subject to limitations applicable to license fees under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var><statute_ref>340A.408, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Interest in other business.</b> (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>a holder of a license as a manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler may not have
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>any ownership, in whole or in part, in a business holding a retail intoxicating liquor
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>3.2 percent malt liquor license. The commissioner may not issue a license under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>section to a manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler if a retailer of intoxicating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>liquor has a direct or indirect interest in the manufacturer, brewer, importer, or
         wholesaler. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>A manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating liquor may use or have property rented
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>for retail intoxicating liquor sales only if the manufacturer or wholesaler has owned
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>property continuously since November 1, 1933. A retailer of intoxicating liquor may
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>use or have property rented for the manufacture or wholesaling of intoxicating liquor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d), may be issued an on-sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license by a municipality for a restaurant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>operated in the place of manufacture. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>340A.405</statute_ref>, a brewer who <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>holds an on-sale license issued pursuant to this paragraph may, with the approval
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>commissioner, be issued a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor produced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>and packaged on the licensed premises. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>legal hours for off-sale at exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the
         brewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>is located, and the malt liquor sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>the applicable off-sale closing time at exclusive liquor stores. The malt liquor shall
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>packaged in 64-ounce containers commonly known as "growlers" or in 750 milliliter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>bottles. The containers or bottles shall bear a twist-type closure, cork, stopper,
         or plug. At <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>the time of the sale, a paper or plastic adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall be
         applied to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>container or bottle and extend over the top of the twist-type closure, cork, stopper,
         or plug <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>forming a seal that must be broken upon opening of the container or bottle. The adhesive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>band, strip, or sleeve shall bear the name and address of the brewer. The containers
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>bottles shall be identified as malt liquor, contain the name of the malt liquor, bear
         the name <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>and address of the brewer selling the malt liquor, and shall be considered intoxicating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>liquor unless the alcoholic content is labeled as otherwise in accordance with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100. A brewer may, but is not required to,
         refill <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>any growler with malt liquor for off-sale at the request of a customer. A brewer refilling
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>growler must do so at its licensed premises and the growler must be filled at the
         tap at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>time of sale. A growler refilled under this paragraph must be sealed and labeled in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>manner described in this paragraph. A brewer's total retail sales at on- or off-sale
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>this paragraph may not exceed 3,500 barrels per year, provided that off-sales may
         not total <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>more than 500 barrels. A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d), may hold
         or have <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>an interest in other retail on-sale licenses, but may not have an ownership interest
         in whole <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>or in part, or be an officer, director, agent, or employee of, any other manufacturer,
         brewer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>importer, or wholesaler, or be an affiliate thereof whether the affiliation is corporate
         or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>management, direction, or control. Notwithstanding this prohibition, a brewer licensed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>under subdivision 6, clause (d), may be an affiliate or subsidiary company of a brewer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>licensed in Minnesota or elsewhere if that brewer's only manufacture of malt liquor
         is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) manufacture licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) manufacture in another state for consumption exclusively in a restaurant located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>in the place of manufacture; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) manufacture in another state for consumption primarily in a restaurant located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>in or immediately adjacent to the place of manufacture if the brewer was licensed
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>subdivision 6, clause (d), on January 1, 1995.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) (b) Except as provided in subdivision 7a, no brewer as defined in subdivision 7a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>or importer may have any interest, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in
         the license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>business, assets, or corporate stock of a licensed malt liquor wholesaler.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7a. <b>Permitted interests in wholesale business.</b> (a) A brewer may financially <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>assist a wholesaler of malt liquor through participation in a limited partnership
         in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>the brewer is the limited partner and the wholesaler is the general partner. A limited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>partnership authorized in this paragraph may not exist for more than ten years from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>date of its creation, and may not, directly or indirectly, be recreated, renewed,
         or extended <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>beyond that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>(b) A brewer may financially assist a malt liquor wholesaler and collateralize the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>financing by taking a security interest in the inventory and assets, other than the
         corporate <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>stock, of the wholesaler. A financial agreement authorized by this paragraph may not
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>in effect for more than ten years from the date of its creation and may not be directly
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.36"></a><var>11.36</var>indirectly extended or renewed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(c) A brewer who, after creation of a financial agreement authorized by paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>(b), or after creation of a limited partnership authorized in paragraph (a), acquires
         legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>or equitable title to the wholesaler's business which was the subject of the agreement
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>limited partnership, or to the business assets, must divest the business or its assets
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>two years of the date of acquiring them. A malt liquor wholesaler whose business or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>assets are acquired by a brewer as described in this paragraph may not enter into
         another <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>such financial agreement, or participate in another such limited partnership, for
         20 years <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>from the date of the acquisition of the business or assets.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>(d) A brewer may have an interest in the business, assets, or corporate stock of a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>malt liquor wholesaler as a result of (1) a judgment against the wholesaler arising
         out of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>default by the wholesaler or (2) acquisition of title to the business, assets, or
         corporate <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>stock as a result of a written request of the wholesaler. A brewer may maintain ownership
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>of or an interest in the business, assets, or corporate stock under this paragraph
         for not <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>more than two years and only for the purpose of facilitating an orderly transfer of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>business to an owner not affiliated with the brewer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>(e) A brewer may continue to maintain an ownership interest in a malt liquor <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>wholesaler if it owned the interest on January 1, 1991.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>(f) A brewer that was legally selling the brewer's own products at wholesale in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>Minnesota on January 1, 1991, may continue to sell those products at wholesale in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>area where it was selling those products on that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>(g) A brewer that manufactures no more than 20,000 barrels of malt liquor or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>metric equivalent in a calendar year may own or have an interest in a malt liquor
         wholesaler <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>that sells only the brewer's products, provided that a brewer that manufactures between
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>20,000 and 25,000 barrels in any calendar year shall be permitted to continue to own
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>have an interest in a malt liquor wholesaler that sells only the brewer's products
         if: (1) that <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>malt liquor wholesaler distributes no more than 20,000 barrels per calendar year;
         and (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>the brewer has not manufactured 25,000 barrels in any calendar year. Notwithstanding
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>foregoing, a brewer that manufactured between 20,000 and 25,000 barrels in 2012 shall
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>permitted to continue to own or have an interest in a malt liquor wholesaler that
         sells only <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>the brewer's products until that brewer manufactures 25,000 barrels in a calendar
         year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>(h) When the commissioner issues a license to a malt liquor wholesaler described in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>paragraph (a) or (b), the commissioner may issue the license only to the entity which
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>actually operating the wholesale business and may not issue the license to a brewer
         that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>a limited partner under paragraph (a) or providing financial assistance under paragraph
         (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>unless the brewer has acquired a wholesaler's business or assets under paragraph (c)
         or (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>(i) For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 7, clause (c) paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>"brewer" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>(1) a holder of a license to manufacture malt liquor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>(2) an officer, director, agent, or employee of such a license holder; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>(3) an affiliate of such a license holder, regardless of whether the affiliation is
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>corporate or by management, direction, or control.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Sales without license.</b> A licensed brewer or brew pub may without an <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>additional license sell malt liquor to employees or retired former employees, in amounts
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>of not more than 768 fluid ounces in a week for off-premise consumption only. A collector
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>of commemorative bottles, those terms are as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>297G.01</statute_ref>, subdivisions 4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>and 5, may sell them to another collector without a license. It is also lawful for
         a collector <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>of beer cans to sell unopened cans of a brand which has not been sold commercially
         for at <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>least two years to another collector without obtaining a license. The amount sold
         to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>one collector in any one month shall not exceed 768 fluid ounces. A licensed manufacturer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>of wine containing not more than 25 percent alcohol by volume nor less than 51 percent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>wine made from Minnesota-grown agricultural products may sell at on-sale or off-sale
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>wine made on the licensed premises without a further license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Unlicensed manufacture.</b> (a) Nothing in this chapter requires a license for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>the natural fermentation of fruit juices or brewing of beer in the home for family
         use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(b) Naturally fermented fruit juices or beer made under this subdivision may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>removed from the premises where made for use at organized affairs, exhibitions, or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>competitions, including, but not limited to, homemaker's contests, tastings, or judging.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "tastings" means an event where the general
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>public may sample unlicensed naturally fermented fruit juices or beer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>(d) Beverages produced pursuant to this subdivision may be sampled or used in <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>tastings provided that the beverage is made and transported in containers and equipment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>that shall not allow the migration of toxic substances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(e) Public notice meeting the requirements of this paragraph must be given in writing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>or signage at any tasting. The notice shall include disclosure that the unlicensed
         naturally <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>fermented fruit juices or beer being offered is homemade and not subject to state
         inspection, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>and may be consumed by persons over the age of 21 at their own risk. The notice must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>include the name and address of the person who processed and bottled the beverage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>(f) Naturally fermented fruit juices or beer removed under this subdivision may not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>be sold or offered for sale.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>(a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>in column A to the references listed in column B.<br />
         		
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            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 6a<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 7<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 7<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 7a<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 9<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 10<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 9<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">340A.301, subdivision 11<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall make all necessary cross-reference changes in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the amendments and renumbering
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>in this act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(c) The revisor of statutes shall merge any amendments made in article 2 into the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>recodification made in this article.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>This article is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var><b>MISCELLANEOUS ALCOHOL PROVISIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.22, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Off-sale license.</b> A microdistillery may be issued a license by the local <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>licensing authority for off-sale of distilled spirits. The license may allow the sale
         of one <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>375 milliliter bottle per customer per day of product manufactured on-site, subject
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>following requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>(1) off-sale hours of sale must conform to hours of sale for retail off-sale licensees
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>the licensing municipality; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>(2) no brand may be sold at the microdistillery unless it is also available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>distribution by wholesalers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.301, subdivision 6d, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6d. <b>Small brewer license.</b> (a) A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>(c), (i), or (j), may be issued a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor
         at its <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>licensed premises that has been produced and packaged by the brewer. The license must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>approved by the commissioner. The amount of malt liquor sold at off-sale may not exceed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>500 barrels annually. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to the legal hours
         for off-sale at <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the brewer is located, and the
         malt liquor <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before the applicable off-sale closing
         time <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>at exclusive liquor stores, except that malt liquor in growlers only may be sold at off-sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>on Sundays. Sunday sales must be approved by the licensing jurisdiction and hours
         may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>established by those jurisdictions. The malt liquor shall be packed in 64-ounce containers <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>commonly known as "growlers" or in 750 milliliter bottles. The containers or bottles
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>bear a twist-type closure, cork, stopper, or plug. At the time of the sale, a paper
         or plastic <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall be applied to the container or bottle and extended
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>the top of the twist-type closure, cork, stopper, or plug forming a seal that must
         be broken <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>upon opening of the container or bottle. The adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall
         bear the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>name and address of the brewer. The containers or bottles shall be identified as malt
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>liquor, contain the name of the malt liquor, bear the name and address of the brewer
         selling <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>the malt liquor, and shall be considered intoxicating liquor unless the alcoholic
         content is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>labeled as otherwise in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>(b) A brewer may, but is not required to, refill any growler with malt liquor for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>off-sale at the request of a customer. A brewer refilling a growler must do so at
         its licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>premises and the growler must be filled at the tap at the time of sale. A growler
         refilled <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>under this paragraph must be sealed and labeled in the manner described in paragraph
         (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>(c) A brewer may only have one license under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>(d) A municipality may not issue a license under this subdivision to a brewer if the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>brewer seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest in the brewer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>seeking the license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license, is
         a brewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>that brews more than 20,000 barrels of its own brands of malt liquor annually or a
         winery <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>that produces more than 250,000 gallons of wine annually.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>(e) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a brewer holding a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>under this subdivision, subject to limitations applicable to license fees under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>340A.408, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.301, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Interest in other business.</b> (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>a holder of a license as a manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler may not have
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>any ownership, in whole or in part, in a business holding a retail intoxicating liquor
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>3.2 percent malt liquor license. The commissioner may not issue a license under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>section to a manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler if a retailer of intoxicating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>liquor has a direct or indirect interest in the manufacturer, brewer, importer, or
         wholesaler. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>A manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating liquor may use or have property rented
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>for retail intoxicating liquor sales only if the manufacturer or wholesaler has owned
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>property continuously since November 1, 1933. A retailer of intoxicating liquor may
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>use or have property rented for the manufacture or wholesaling of intoxicating liquor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d), may be issued an on-sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license by a municipality for a restaurant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>operated in the place of manufacture. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>340A.405</statute_ref>, a brewer who <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>holds an on-sale license issued pursuant to this paragraph may, with the approval
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>commissioner, be issued a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor produced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>and packaged on the licensed premises. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be limited to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>legal hours for off-sale at exclusive liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the
         brewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>is located, and the malt liquor sold off-sale must be removed from the premises before
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>the applicable off-sale closing time at exclusive liquor stores, except that malt liquor in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>growlers only may be sold at off-sale on Sundays. Sunday sales must be approved by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>the licensing jurisdiction and hours may be established by those jurisdictions. The malt <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>liquor shall be packaged in 64-ounce containers commonly known as "growlers" or in
         750 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>milliliter bottles. The containers or bottles shall bear a twist-type closure, cork,
         stopper, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>plug. At the time of the sale, a paper or plastic adhesive band, strip, or sleeve
         shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>applied to the container or bottle and extend over the top of the twist-type closure,
         cork, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>stopper, or plug forming a seal that must be broken upon opening of the container
         or bottle. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>The adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall bear the name and address of the brewer.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>containers or bottles shall be identified as malt liquor, contain the name of the
         malt liquor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>bear the name and address of the brewer selling the malt liquor, and shall be considered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>intoxicating liquor unless the alcoholic content is labeled as otherwise in accordance
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100. A brewer may, but is not required
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>to, refill any growler with malt liquor for off-sale at the request of a customer.
         A brewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>refilling a growler must do so at its licensed premises and the growler must be filled
         at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>tap at the time of sale. A growler refilled under this paragraph must be sealed and
         labeled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>the manner described in this paragraph. A brewer's total retail sales at on- or off-sale
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>this paragraph may not exceed 3,500 barrels per year, provided that off-sales may
         not total <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>more than 500 barrels. A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d), may hold
         or have <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>an interest in other retail on-sale licenses, but may not have an ownership interest
         in whole <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>or in part, or be an officer, director, agent, or employee of, any other manufacturer,
         brewer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>importer, or wholesaler, or be an affiliate thereof whether the affiliation is corporate
         or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.36"></a><var>16.36</var>management, direction, or control. Notwithstanding this prohibition, a brewer licensed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>under subdivision 6, clause (d), may be an affiliate or subsidiary company of a brewer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>licensed in Minnesota or elsewhere if that brewer's only manufacture of malt liquor
         is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) manufacture licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) manufacture in another state for consumption exclusively in a restaurant located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>in the place of manufacture; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) manufacture in another state for consumption primarily in a restaurant located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>in or immediately adjacent to the place of manufacture if the brewer was licensed
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>subdivision 6, clause (d), on January 1, 1995.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Except as provided in subdivision 7a, no brewer as defined in subdivision 7a or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>importer may have any interest, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in the
         license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>business, assets, or corporate stock of a licensed malt liquor wholesaler.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.404, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Special provision; city of Minneapolis.</b> (a) The city of Minneapolis may <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the Guthrie Theater, the Cricket Theatre,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>Orpheum Theatre, the State Theatre, and the Historic Pantages Theatre, notwithstanding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>the limitations of law, or local ordinance, or charter provision relating to zoning
         or school <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>or church distances. The licenses authorize sales on all days of the week to holders
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>of tickets for performances presented by the theaters and to members of the nonprofit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>corporations holding the licenses and to their guests.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>(b) The city of Minneapolis may issue an intoxicating liquor license to 510 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>Groveland Associates, a Minnesota cooperative, for use by a restaurant on the premises
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>owned by 510 Groveland Associates, notwithstanding limitations of law, or local <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>ordinance, or charter provision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>(c) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>Zuhrah Shrine Temple for use on the premises owned by Zuhrah Shrine Temple at <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>2540 Park Avenue South in Minneapolis, notwithstanding limitations of law, or local
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>ordinances, or charter provision relating to zoning or school or church distances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>(d) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>the American Association of University Women, Minneapolis branch, for use on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>premises owned by the American Association of University Women, Minneapolis branch,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>at 2115 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis, notwithstanding limitations of law, or
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>ordinances, or charter provisions relating to zoning or school or church distances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>(e) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale 3.2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>percent malt liquor license to a restaurant located at 5000 Penn Avenue South, and
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt liquor license to a restaurant located at
         1931 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>Nicollet Avenue South, notwithstanding any law or local ordinance or charter provision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>(f) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>liquor license to the Brave New Workshop Theatre located at 3001 Hennepin Avenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>South, the Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Illusion Theatre located at 528 Hennepin
         Avenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>South, the Hollywood Theatre located at 2815 Johnson Street Northeast, the Loring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>Playhouse located at 1633 Hennepin Avenue South, the Jungle Theater located at 2951
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>Lyndale Avenue South, Brave New Institute located at 2605 Hennepin Avenue South, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>the Guthrie Lab located at 700 North First Street, and the Southern Theatre located
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>1420 Washington Avenue South, notwithstanding any law or local ordinance or charter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>provision. The license authorizes sales on all days of the week.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>(g) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>University Gateway Corporation, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, for use by a restaurant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>or catering operator at the building owned and operated by the University Gateway
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>Corporation on the University of Minnesota campus, notwithstanding limitations of
         law, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>local ordinance or charter provision. The license authorizes sales on all days of
         the week.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>(h) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>Walker Art Center's concessionaire or operator, for a restaurant and catering operator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>on the premises of the Walker Art Center, notwithstanding limitations of law, or local
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>ordinance or charter provisions. The license authorizes sales on all days of the week.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>(i) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>Guthrie Theater's concessionaire or operator for a restaurant and catering operator
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>premises of the Guthrie Theater, notwithstanding limitations of law, local ordinance,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>charter provisions. The license authorizes sales on all days of the week.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>(j) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>liquor license to the Minnesota Book and Literary Arts Building, Inc.'s concessionaire
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>operator for a restaurant and catering operator on the premises of the Minnesota Book
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>Literary Arts Building, Inc. (dba Open Book), notwithstanding limitations of law,
         or local <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>ordinance or charter provision. The license authorizes sales on all days of the week.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>(k) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>restaurant located at 5411 Penn Avenue South, notwithstanding any law or local ordinance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>or charter provision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>(l) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>Museum of Russian Art's concessionaire or operator for a restaurant and catering operator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>on the premises of the Museum of Russian Art located at 5500 Stevens Avenue South,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.36"></a><var>18.36</var>notwithstanding any law or local ordinance or charter provision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(m) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>American Swedish Institute or to its concessionaire or operator for use on the premises
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>owned by the American Swedish Institute at 2600 Park Avenue South, notwithstanding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>limitations of law, or local ordinances, or charter provision relating to zoning or
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>or church distances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>(n) Notwithstanding any other law, local ordinance, or charter provision, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>city of Minneapolis may issue one or more on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts), or to an entity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>holding a concessions or catering contract with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
         for use <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>on the premises of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The licenses authorized by this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>subdivision may be issued for space that is not compact and contiguous, provided that
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>such space is included in the description of the licensed premises on the approved
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>application. The licenses authorize sales on all days of the week.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>(o) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>Norway House or to its concessionaire or operator for use on the premises owned by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>Norway House at 913 East Franklin Avenue, notwithstanding limitations of law, or local
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>ordinances, or charter provision relating to zoning or school or church distances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the Minneapolis <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>City Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.404, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Temporary on-sale licenses.</b> (a) The governing body of a municipality <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>may issue to (1) a club or charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organization
         in existence <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>for at least three years, (2) a political committee registered under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.14</statute_ref>, or (3) a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>state university, a temporary license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>with a social event within the municipality sponsored by the licensee. The license
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>authorize the on-sale of intoxicating liquor for not more than four consecutive days,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>may authorize on-sales on premises other than premises the licensee owns or permanently
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>occupies. The license may provide that the licensee may contract for intoxicating
         liquor <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>catering services with the holder of a full-year on-sale intoxicating liquor license
         issued by <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>any municipality. The licenses are subject to the terms, including a license fee,
         imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>by the issuing municipality. Licenses issued under this subdivision are subject to
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>laws and ordinances governing the sale of intoxicating liquor except sections 
         <statute_ref>340A.409</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>and 
         <statute_ref>340A.504, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (d), and those laws and ordinances which by <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>their nature are not applicable. Licenses under this subdivision are not valid unless
         first <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>approved by the commissioner of public safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(b) A county under this section may issue a temporary license only to a premises <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>located in the unincorporated or unorganized territory of the county.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>(c) The governing body of a municipality may issue to a brewer who manufactures <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>fewer than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a year or a microdistillery a temporary <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>the municipality sponsored by the brewer or microdistillery. The terms and conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>specified for temporary licenses under paragraph (a) shall apply to a license issued
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>this paragraph, except that the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>340A.409, subdivisions 1</statute_ref> to 3a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>shall apply to the license.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.503, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Proof of age; defense; seizure of false identification.</b> (a) Proof of age <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>for purchasing or consuming alcoholic beverages may be established only by one of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(1) a valid driver's license or identification card issued by Minnesota, another state,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>a province of Canada, and including the photograph and date of birth of the licensed
         person;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>(2) a valid military identification card issued by the United States Department of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>Defense;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>(3) a valid passport issued by the United States;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>(4) a valid instructional permit issued under section 171.05 to a person of legal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>age to purchase alcohol which includes a photograph and the date of birth of the person
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>issued the permit; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>(4) (5) in the case of a foreign national, by a valid passport.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>(b) In a prosecution under subdivision 2, clause (1), it is a defense for the defendant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably and in good
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>faith relied upon representations of proof of age authorized in paragraph (a) in selling,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>bartering, furnishing, or giving the alcoholic beverage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(c) A licensed retailer or municipal liquor store may seize a form of identification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>listed under paragraph (a) if the retailer or municipal liquor store has reasonable
         grounds <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>to believe that the form of identification has been altered or falsified or is being
         used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>violate any law. A retailer or municipal liquor store that seizes a form of identification
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>authorized under this paragraph must deliver it to a law enforcement agency, within
         24 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>hours of seizing it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.504, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Intoxicating liquor; Sunday sales; on-sale.</b> (a) A restaurant, club, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>bowling center, or hotel with a seating capacity for at least 30 persons and which
         holds <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>an on-sale intoxicating liquor license may sell intoxicating liquor for consumption
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>the premises in conjunction with the sale of food between the hours of 10:00 8:00 a.m. <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>on Sundays and 2:00 a.m. on Mondays.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>(b) An establishment serving intoxicating liquor on Sundays must obtain a Sunday <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>license. The license must be issued by the governing body of the municipality for
         a period <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>of one year, and the fee for the license may not exceed $200.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>(c) A city may issue a Sunday intoxicating liquor license only if authorized to do
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>so by the voters of the city voting on the question at a general or special election.
         A <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>county may issue a Sunday intoxicating liquor license in a town only if authorized
         to do <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>so by the voters of the town as provided in paragraph (d). A county may issue a Sunday
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>intoxicating liquor license in unorganized territory only if authorized to do so by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>voters of the election precinct that contains the licensed premises, voting on the
         question <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>at a general or special election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>(d) An election conducted in a town on the question of the issuance by the county
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>Sunday sales licenses to establishments located in the town must be held on the day
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>annual election of town officers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>(e) Voter approval is not required for licenses issued by the Metropolitan Airports
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>Commission or common carrier licenses issued by the commissioner. Common carriers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>serving intoxicating liquor on Sunday must obtain a Sunday license from the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>at an annual fee of $75, plus $30 for each duplicate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>SPECIAL LICENSE; BECKER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, the city of Becker may issue
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for a golf course that is located at 14000
         Clubhouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>Lane and is owned by the city. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A,
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>inconsistent with this section, apply to the license issued under this section. The
         city <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>of Becker is deemed the licensee under this section, and the provisions of Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>340A.603</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>340A.604</statute_ref>, apply to the license as if the establishment <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>were a municipal liquor store.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the Becker City <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>SPECIAL LICENSE; DULUTH.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, the city of Duluth may issue
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the Lester Park Golf Course that is located
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>1860 Lester River Road and is owned by the city. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the license issued under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>section. The city of Duluth is deemed the licensee under this section, and the provisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>of Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>340A.603</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>340A.604</statute_ref>, apply to the license as if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>establishment were a municipal liquor store.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the Duluth City <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>SPECIAL LICENSE; INVER GROVE HEIGHTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, the city of Inver Grove <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>Heights may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the Inver Wood Golf Course
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>that is located at 1850 70th Street and is owned by the city. The provisions of Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the license issued
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>this section. The city of Inver Grove Heights is deemed the licensee under this section,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>and the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>340A.603</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>340A.604</statute_ref>, apply to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>license as if the establishment were a municipal liquor store.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the Inver Grove <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>Heights City Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>SPECIAL LICENSE; ST. CLOUD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, the city of St. Cloud may <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the Municipal Athletic Complex that
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>located at 5001 Veterans Drive and is owned by the city. The provisions of Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the license issued
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>this section. The city of St. Cloud is deemed the licensee under this section, and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 340A.603 and 340A.604, apply to the license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>as if the establishment were a municipal liquor store.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the St. Cloud City <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>SPECIAL LICENSE; BROOKLYN PARK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, the city of Brooklyn Park <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a wedding event center that is
         located <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>at 7324 Lakeland Avenue. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>inconsistent with this section, apply to the license issued under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the Brooklyn Park <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>City Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b>POWDERED ALCOHOL POLICY STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>(a) No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, or sell powdered alcohol until
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>June 1, 2016.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>(b) The director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement must prepare
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>testimony for the commerce and regulatory reform committee, and any other relevant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>committee, about whether current laws could be adequately enforced with regard to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of powdered alcohol. The director
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>make recommendations for legislation addressing any stated concerns. The testimony
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>required under this paragraph is due by December 7, 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>(c) The commissioner of health must prepare testimony for the Health and Human <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>Services Reform Committee, and any other relevant committee, about the public health
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>impact of powdered alcohol. The commissioner must address whether there is a potential
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>for greater abuse of and addiction to powdered alcohol relative to malt liquor, wine,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>distilled spirits. The commissioner may make recommendations for legislation addressing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>any stated concerns. The testimony required under this paragraph is due by December
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>7, 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. <b>STATE FAIR; BREW PUB SALES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.301, subdivision 6, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>(d), brew pubs may sell malt liquor to a single retail licensee of the State Agricultural
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>Society for sales at a single location operated by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>during the annual fair, under Minnesota Statutes, section 37.21, subdivision 2, paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>(b). Sales of malt liquor under this section may be made directly by the brew pub
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>retail licensee or to a licensed wholesaler for distribution exclusively to the retail
         licensee.<br />
         		
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