Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature

SF 3244

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/13/2023 08:23am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

Line numbers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9

A bill for an act
relating to liquor; modifying certain license restrictions; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, section 340A.22, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 340A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Cocktail room license.

(a) A municipality, including a city with a municipal
liquor store, may issue the holder of a microdistillery license or distilled spirits manufacturer
license under this chapter a microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room
license. A microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license authorizes
on-sale of distilled liquor produced by the distiller for consumption on the premises of or
adjacent to one distillery location owned by the distiller. Notwithstanding section 340A.504,
subdivision 3
, a cocktail room may be open and may conduct on-sale business on Sundays
if authorized by the municipality. Nothing in this subdivision precludes the holder of a
microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license from also holding a
license to operate a restaurant at the distillery. Section 340A.409 shall apply to a license
issued under this subdivision. All provisions of this chapter that apply to a retail liquor
license shall apply to a license issued under this subdivision unless the provision is explicitly
inconsistent with this subdivision.

(b) A distiller may only have one cocktail room license under this subdivision.

(c) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a distiller holding a microdistillery
or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license under this subdivision, subject to
limitations applicable to license fees under section 340A.408, subdivision 2, paragraph (a).

(d) A municipality shall, within ten days of the issuance of a license under this
subdivision, inform the commissioner of the licensee's name and address and trade name,
and the effective date and expiration date of the license. The municipality shall also inform
the commissioner of a license transfer, cancellation, suspension, or revocation during the
license period.

(e) No single entity may hold both a cocktail room and taproom license, and a cocktail
room and taproom may not be colocatednew text begin unless an entity was currently holding a taproom
license under section 340A.26, and a microdistillery license under this section, prior to
August 20, 2014
new text end .