SF 664

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to alcoholic beverages; allowing a brewer who
manufactures beer on the premises where the brewer
also holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to
use wort produced outside Minnesota under certain
circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 340A.301, subdivision 6.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 340A.301,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Fees.

The annual fees for licenses under this
section are as follows:

(a) Manufacturers (except as provided
in clauses (b) and (c)) $15,000
Duplicates $ 3,000
(b) Manufacturers of wines of not more
than 25 percent alcohol by volume $ 500
(c) Brewers other than those described
in clauses (d) and (i) $ 2,500
(d) Brewers who also hold one or more
retail on-sale licenses and who
manufacture fewer than 3,500 barrels
of malt liquor in a year, at any one
licensed premises, using only wort produced
in Minnesota new text begin except as otherwise provided
in this clause new text end , the entire
production of which is solely
for consumption on tap on the
licensed premises or for off-sale
from that licensed premises.
A brewer licensed
under this clause new text begin ;
(1) new text end must obtain a separate
license for each licensed premises where
the brewer brews malt liquor deleted text begin . A brewer
licensed under this clause deleted text end new text begin ; (2) new text end may not be
licensed as an importer under this chapter new text begin ; and
(3) may use wort produced outside Minnesota if (i)
its total sales at off-sale under section 340A.301,
subdivision 7, paragraph (b), in any 12-month
period do not exceed ten percent of the total
production of beer on the premises or 100 barrels,
whichever is less, or (ii) in the case of a brewer who
has been licensed under this clause for fewer than
12 months, if the commissioner reasonably
determines that the brewer will not sell amounts at
off-sale in excess of the amounts specified in
item (i) during the first 12 months of
licensing new text end $ 500
(e) Wholesalers (except as provided in
clauses (f), (g), and (h)) $15,000
Duplicates $ 3,000
(f) Wholesalers of wines of not more
than 25 percent alcohol by volume $ 2,000
(g) Wholesalers of intoxicating
malt liquor $ 600
Duplicates $ 25
(h) Wholesalers of 3.2 percent
malt liquor $ 10
(i) Brewers who manufacture fewer than
2,000 barrels of malt liquor in a year $ 150

If a business licensed under this section is destroyed, or
damaged to the extent that it cannot be carried on, or if it
ceases because of the death or illness of the licensee, the
commissioner may refund the license fee for the balance of the
license period to the licensee or to the licensee's estate.