Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
Laws of Minnesota 1987 CHAPTER 249-S.F.No. 1053 An act relating to alcoholic beverages; providing for the licensing of low-volume brewers; allowing them to be granted an on-sale intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating malt liquor license; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 340A.301, subdivisions 6 and 7. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1986, 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)) $7,500 Duplicates $3,000 (b) Manufacturers of wines of not more than 25 percent alcohol by volume $ 500 (c) Brewers other than those described in clause (d) $1,250 (d) Brewers who also hold a retail on-sale license and who manufacture fewer than 2,000 barrels of malt liquor in a year, the entire production of which is solely for consumption on tap on the licensed premises $ 250 (e) Wholesalers (except as provided in clauses(e),(f),and(g), and (h)) $7,500 Duplicates $3,000(e)(f) Wholesalers of wines of not more than 25 percent alcohol by volume $ 750(f)(g) Wholesalers of intoxicating malt liquor $ 300 Duplicates $ 15(g)(h) Wholesalers of nonintoxicating malt liquor $ 10 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. Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 340A.301, subdivision 7, is amended to read: Subd. 7. [INTEREST IN OTHER BUSINESS.] Except as provided in this subdivision, a holder of a license as a manufacturer, brewer, or wholesaler may not have any ownership, in whole or in part, in a business holding a retail intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating malt liquor license, but a manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating liquor may use or have property rented for retail intoxicating liquor sales if the manufacturer or wholesaler has owned the property continuously since November 1, 1933. A licensed brewer of malt liquor described in subdivision 6, clause (d) may be issued an on-sale intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating malt liquor license by a municipality for a restaurant operated in or immediately adjacent to the place of manufacture. Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment. Approved May 26, 1987
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