as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to liquor; modifying time of day restrictions 1.3 for the off-sale of intoxicating liquor; amending 1.4 Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.504, subdivision 1.5 4. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.504, 1.8 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 4. [INTOXICATING LIQUOR; OFF-SALE.] No sale of 1.10 intoxicating liquor may be made by an off-sale licensee: 1.11 (1) on Sundays; 1.12 (2) before 8:00 a.m. on Monday through Saturday; 1.13 (3) after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday at an 1.14 establishment located in a city other than a city of the first 1.15 class or within a city located within 15 miles of a city of the 1.16 first class in the same county and as provided in clause (4); 1.17 (4) after 8:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and after 1.18 10:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at an establishment located in 1.19 a city of the first class or within a city located within 15 1.20 miles of a city of the first class in the same county, provided 1.21 that an establishment may sell intoxicating liquor until 10:00 1.22 p.m. on December 31 and July 3, and on the day preceding 1.23 Thanksgiving day, unless otherwise prohibited under clause 1.24 (1) and an establishment may sell intoxicating liquor until 1.25 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday if it is a municipal 2.1 liquor store located in a city with a population of less than 2.2 5,000 people and the city is within 15 miles of a first class 2.3 city that borders another state; 2.4 (5) on Thanksgiving Day; 2.5 (6) on Christmas Day, December 25; or 2.6 (7) after 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24. 2.7 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.8 Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.