SF 3479

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/12/2024 05:14pm

A bill for an act
relating to liquor; permitting certain temporary licenses for the on-sale of
intoxicating liquor to be valid without approval by the commissioner of public
safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 340A.404, subdivision 10.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 340A.404, subdivision 10, is amended to
read:

Subd. 10.

Temporary on-sale licenses.

(a) The governing body of a municipality may
issue to (1) a club or charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organization in existence for
at least three years, (2) a political committee registered under section 10A.14, or (3) a state
university, a temporary license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a
social event within the municipality sponsored by the licensee. The license may authorize
the on-sale of intoxicating liquor for not more than four consecutive days, except as provided
for county fairs in section 340A.410, subdivision 10, and may authorize on-sales on premises
other than premises the licensee owns or permanently occupies. The license may provide
that the licensee may contract for intoxicating liquor catering services with the holder of a
full-year on-sale intoxicating liquor license issued by any municipality. The licenses are
subject to the terms, including a license fee, imposed by the issuing municipality. Licenses
issued under this subdivision are subject to all laws and ordinances governing the sale of
intoxicating liquor except sections 340A.409 and 340A.504, subdivision 3, paragraph (d),
and those laws and ordinances which by their nature are not applicable. deleted text begin Licenses under this
subdivision are not valid unless first approved by the commissioner of public safety.
deleted text end

(b) A county under this section may issue a temporary license only to a premises located
in the unincorporated or unorganized territory of the county.

(c) The governing body of a municipality may issue to a brewer who manufactures fewer
than 3,500 barrels of malt liquor in a year or a microdistillery a temporary license for the
on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within the municipality
sponsored by the brewer or microdistillery. The terms and conditions specified for temporary
licenses under paragraph (a) shall apply to a license issued under this paragraph, except that
the requirements of section 340A.409, subdivisions 1 to 3a, shall apply to the license.