SF 1662

1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to alcoholic beverages; requiring retail 
  1.3             establishments to post signs warning of the dangers of 
  1.4             alcohol consumption by pregnant women; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 340A.410, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.7             sections 144.3871; and 340A.410, subdivision 4a. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 340A.410, is 
  1.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 4b.  [NOTICE POSTING.] (a) A premises licensed for 
  1.12  the retail sale of alcoholic beverages and a municipal liquor 
  1.13  store must post and maintain in a conspicuous place within the 
  1.14  licensed premises clearly visible to consumers:  one sign 14-1/2 
  1.15  inches wide by 8 inches high as designed by the commissioners of 
  1.16  health and public safety, which incorporates the following 
  1.17  information:  (1) the penalties of driving while under the 
  1.18  influence of alcohol; (2) the penalties for serving alcoholic 
  1.19  beverages to a person who is obviously intoxicated or under 21 
  1.20  years of age; and (3) a warning statement regarding drinking 
  1.21  alcohol while pregnant. 
  1.22     (b) The commissioners of health and public safety shall 
  1.23  design a sign that complies with this subdivision and shall make 
  1.24  the sign available for reproduction.  A retail licensee or 
  1.25  municipal liquor store may not modify the sign design, but may 
  1.26  make a sign to modify the color.  
  2.1      Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.2      Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 144.3871; and 340A.410, 
  2.3   subdivision 4a, are repealed.