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Minnesota Session Laws - 2003, Regular Session
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CHAPTER 126-H.F.No. 719
An act relating to liquor; allowing brewpubs to make
off-sales of the brewpub's own product under certain
circumstances; modifying a posting requirement;
modifying licensing provisions; expanding sale hours;
modifying sampling provisions; authorizing certain
local on-sale licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes
2002, sections 340A.101, by adding a subdivision;
340A.301, subdivisions 6, 7; 340A.308; 340A.318,
subdivision 3; 340A.404, subdivisions 1, 2; 340A.411,
subdivision 1; 340A.413, subdivision 4; 340A.504,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 340A.510, subdivisions 1, 2;
340A.511.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.101, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 27a. [THEATER.] "Theater" means a building
containing an auditorium in which live dramatic, musical, dance,
or literary performances are regularly presented to holders of
tickets for those performances.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, 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, 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 must obtain a separate
license for each licensed premises where
the brewer brews malt liquor. A brewer
licensed under this clause may not be
licensed as an importer under this chapter $ 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.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.301,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [INTEREST IN OTHER BUSINESS.] (a) Except as
provided in this subdivision, a holder of a license as a
manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler may not have any
ownership, in whole or in part, in a business holding a retail
intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor license. The
commissioner may not issue a license under this section to a
manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler if a retailer of
intoxicating liquor has a direct or indirect interest in the
manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler. A manufacturer
or wholesaler of intoxicating liquor may use or have property
rented for retail intoxicating liquor sales only if the
manufacturer or wholesaler has owned the property continuously
since November 1, 1933. A retailer of intoxicating liquor may
not use or have property rented for the manufacture or
wholesaling of intoxicating liquor.
(b) A brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d), may
be issued an on-sale intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt
liquor license by a municipality for a restaurant operated in
the place of manufacture. Malt liquor brewed by such a licensee
may not be removed from the licensed premises unless the malt
liquor is entered in a tasting competition where none of the
malt liquor so removed is sold Notwithstanding section 340A.405,
a brewer who holds an on-sale license issued pursuant to this
paragraph may, with the approval of the commissioner, be issued
a license by a municipality for off-sale of malt liquor produced
and packaged on the licensed premises. Off-sale of malt liquor
shall be limited to the legal hours for off-sale at exclusive
liquor stores in the jurisdiction in which the brewer is
located, and the malt liquor sold off-sale must be removed from
the premises before the applicable off-sale closing time at
exclusive liquor stores. The malt liquor shall be packaged in
64-ounce containers commonly known as "growlers." The
containers shall bear a twist type closure, cork, stopper, or
plug. At the time of the sale, a paper or plastic adhesive
band, strip, or sleeve shall be applied to the container and
extend over the top of the twist type closure, cork, stopper, or
plug forming a seal that must be broken upon opening of the
container. The adhesive band, strip, or sleeve shall bear the
name and address of the brewer. The containers shall be
identified as malt liquor, contain the name of the malt liquor,
bear the name and address of the brewer selling the malt liquor,
and shall be considered intoxicating liquor unless the alcoholic
content is labeled as otherwise in accordance with the
provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7515.1100. A brewer's total
retail sales at on- or off-sale under this paragraph may not
exceed 3,500 barrels per year, provided that off-sales may not
total more than 50 percent of the brewer's production or 500
barrels, whichever is less. A brewer licensed under subdivision
6, clause (d), may hold or have an interest in other retail
on-sale licenses, but may not have an ownership interest in
whole or in part, or be an officer, director, agent, or employee
of, any other manufacturer, brewer, importer, or wholesaler, or
be an affiliate thereof whether the affiliation is corporate or
by management, direction, or control. Notwithstanding this
prohibition, a brewer licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d),
may be an affiliate or subsidiary company of a brewer licensed
in Minnesota or elsewhere if that brewer's only manufacture of
malt liquor is:
(i) manufacture licensed under subdivision 6, clause (d);
(ii) manufacture in another state for consumption
exclusively in a restaurant located in the place of manufacture;
or
(iii) manufacture in another state for consumption
primarily in a restaurant located in or immediately adjacent to
the place of manufacture if the brewer was licensed under
subdivision 6, clause (d), on January 1, 1995.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision 7a, no brewer as
defined in subdivision 7a or importer may have any interest, in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in the license,
business, assets, or corporate stock of a licensed malt liquor
wholesaler.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.308, is
amended to read:
340A.308 [PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS.]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 340A.301, no
brewer or malt liquor wholesaler may directly or indirectly, or
through an affiliate or subsidiary company, or through an
officer, director, stockholder, or partner:
(1) give, or lend money, credit, or other thing of value to
a retailer;
(2) give, lend, lease, or sell furnishing or equipment to a
retailer;
(3) have an interest in a retail license; or
(4) be bound for the repayment of a loan to a retailer.
(b) No retailer may solicit any equipment, fixture,
supplies, money, or other thing of value from a brewer or malt
liquor wholesaler if furnishing of these items by the brewer or
wholesaler is prohibited by law and the retailer knew or had
reason to know that the furnishing is prohibited by law.
(c) This section does not prohibit a manufacturer or
wholesaler from:
(1) furnishing, lending, or renting to a retailer outside
signs, of a cost of up to $400 excluding installation and repair
costs;
(2) furnishing, lending, or renting to a retailer inside
signs and other promotional material, of a cost of up to $300 in
a year;
(3) furnishing to or maintaining for a retailer equipment
for dispensing malt liquor, including tap trailers, cold plates
and other dispensing equipment, of a cost of up to $100 per tap
in a year;
(4) using or renting property owned continually since
November 1, 1933, for the purpose of selling intoxicating or 3.2
percent malt liquor at retail;
(5) extending customary commercial credit to a retailer in
connection with a sale of nonalcoholic beverages only, or
engaging in cooperative advertising agreements with a retailer
in connection with the sale of nonalcoholic beverages only; or
(6) in the case of a wholesaler, with the prior written
consent of the commissioner, selling beer on consignment to a
holder of a temporary license under section 340A.403,
subdivision 2, or 340A.404, subdivision 10.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.318,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [POSTING; NOTICE.] Verified lists or statements
required by subdivision 2 shall be posted by the commissioner in
offices of the department in places available for public
inspection not later than the day Monday following receipt.
Documents posted shall constitute notice to every distiller,
manufacturer, or wholesaler of the information posted. Actual
notice, however received, also constitutes notice.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.404,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [CITIES.] (a) A city may issue an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license to the following establishments
located within its jurisdiction:
(1) hotels;
(2) restaurants;
(3) bowling centers;
(4) clubs or congressionally chartered veterans
organizations with the approval of the commissioner, provided
that the organization has been in existence for at least three
years and liquor sales will only be to members and bona fide
guests;
(5) sports facilities located on land owned by the
metropolitan sports commission; and
(6) exclusive liquor stores.
(b) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor
license, an on-sale wine license, or an on-sale malt liquor
license to a theater within the city, notwithstanding any law,
local ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under
this paragraph authorizes sales on all days of the week to
persons attending events at the theater.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.404,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [SPECIAL PROVISION; CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.] (a) The
city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor
license to the Guthrie Theater, the Cricket Theatre, the Orpheum
Theatre, and the State Theatre, and the Historic Pantages
Theatre, notwithstanding the limitations of law, or local
ordinance, or charter provision relating to zoning or school or
church distances. The licenses authorize sales on all days of
the week to holders of tickets for performances presented by the
theaters and to members of the nonprofit corporations holding
the licenses and to their guests.
(b) The city of Minneapolis may issue an intoxicating
liquor license to 510 Groveland Associates, a Minnesota
cooperative, for use by a restaurant on the premises owned by
510 Groveland Associates, notwithstanding limitations of law, or
local ordinance, or charter provision.
(c) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license to Zuhrah Shrine Temple for use on
the premises owned by Zuhrah Shrine Temple at 2540 Park Avenue
South in Minneapolis, and to the American Swedish Institute for
use on the premises owned by the American Swedish Institute at
2600 Park Avenue South, notwithstanding limitations of law, or
local ordinances, or charter provision relating to zoning or
school or church distances.
(d) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license to the American Association of
University Women, Minneapolis branch, for use on the premises
owned by the American Association of University Women,
Minneapolis branch, at 2115 Stevens Avenue South in Minneapolis,
notwithstanding limitations of law, or local ordinances, or
charter provisions relating to zoning or school or church
distances.
(e) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale wine
license and an on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license to a
restaurant located at 5000 Penn Avenue South, and an on-sale
wine license and an on-sale malt liquor license to a restaurant
located at 1931 Nicollet Avenue South, notwithstanding any law
or local ordinance or charter provision.
(f) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale wine
license and an on-sale malt liquor license to the Brave New
Workshop Theatre located at 3001 Hennepin Avenue South, the
Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Illusion Theatre located at 528
Hennepin Avenue South, the Hollywood Theatre located at 2815
Johnson Street Northeast, the Loring Playhouse located at 1633
Hennepin Avenue South, and the Jungle Theater located at 2951
Lyndale Avenue South, Brave New Institute located at 2605
Hennepin Avenue South, the Guthrie Lab located at 700 North
First Street, and the Southern Theatre located at 1420
Washington Avenue South, notwithstanding any law or local
ordinance or charter provision. The license authorizes sales on
all days of the week.
(g) The city of Minneapolis may issue an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license to University Gateway Corporation, a
Minnesota nonprofit corporation, for use by a restaurant or
catering operator at the building owned and operated by the
University Gateway Corporation on the University of Minnesota
campus, notwithstanding limitations of law, or local ordinance
or charter provision. The license authorizes sales on all days
of the week.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.411,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [ON-SALE LICENSES.] On-sale 3.2 percent
malt liquor licenses may only be issued to drugstores,
restaurants, hotels, clubs, bowling centers, golf courses, and
establishments used exclusively for the sale of 3.2 percent malt
liquor with the incidental sale of tobacco and soft drinks.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.413,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [EXCLUSIONS FROM LICENSE LIMITS.] On-sale
intoxicating liquor licenses may be issued to the following
entities by a city, in addition to the number authorized by this
section:
(1) clubs, or congressionally chartered veterans
organizations;
(2) restaurants located at a racetrack licensed under
chapter 240;
(3) establishments that are issued licenses to sell wine
under section 340A.404, subdivision 5; and
(4) theaters that are issued licenses under section
340A.404, subdivision 2;
(5) hotels; and
(6) bowling centers.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.504,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR.] No sale of 3.2
percent malt liquor may be made between 1:00 2:00 a.m. and 8:00
a.m. on the days of Monday through Saturday, nor between 1:00
2:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sunday, provided that an
establishment located on land owned by the metropolitan sports
commission, or the sports arena for which one or more licenses
have been issued under section 340A.404, subdivision 2,
paragraph (c), may sell 3.2 percent malt liquor between 10:00
a.m. and 12:00 noon on a Sunday on which a sports or other event
is scheduled to begin at that location on or before 1:00 p.m. of
that day.
Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.504,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [INTOXICATING LIQUOR; ON-SALE.] No sale of
intoxicating liquor for consumption on the licensed premises may
be made:
(1) between 1:00 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the days of
Monday through Saturday;
(2) after 1:00 2:00 a.m. on Sundays, except as provided by
subdivision 3.
Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.504,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [INTOXICATING LIQUOR; SUNDAY SALES; ON-SALE.] (a)
A restaurant, club, bowling center, or hotel with a seating
capacity for at least 30 persons and which holds an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license may sell intoxicating liquor for
consumption on the premises in conjunction with the sale of food
between the hours of 12:00 noon on Sundays and 1:00 2:00 a.m. on
Mondays.
(b) The governing body of a municipality may after one
public hearing by ordinance permit a restaurant, hotel, bowling
center, or club to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on
the premises in conjunction with the sale of food between the
hours of 10:00 a.m. on Sundays and 1:00 2:00 a.m. on Mondays,
provided that the licensee is in conformance with the Minnesota
Clean Air Act.
(c) An establishment serving intoxicating liquor on Sundays
must obtain a Sunday license. The license must be issued by the
governing body of the municipality for a period of one year, and
the fee for the license may not exceed $200.
(d) A city may issue a Sunday intoxicating liquor license
only if authorized to do so by the voters of the city voting on
the question at a general or special election. A county may
issue a Sunday intoxicating liquor license in a town only if
authorized to do so by the voters of the town as provided in
paragraph (e). A county may issue a Sunday intoxicating liquor
license in unorganized territory only if authorized to do so by
the voters of the election precinct that contains the licensed
premises, voting on the question at a general or special
election.
(e) An election conducted in a town on the question of the
issuance by the county of Sunday sales licenses to
establishments located in the town must be held on the day of
the annual election of town officers.
(f) Voter approval is not required for licenses issued by
the metropolitan airports commission or common carrier licenses
issued by the commissioner. Common carriers serving
intoxicating liquor on Sunday must obtain a Sunday license from
the commissioner at an annual fee of $50, plus $20 for each
duplicate.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.510,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [SAMPLES FOR OTHER THAN MALT LIQUOR
AUTHORIZED.] On- or off-sale licenses retail licensees and
municipal liquor stores may provide, or permit a licensed
manufacturer or a wholesaler or its agents to provide on the
premises of the retail licensee or municipal liquor store,
samples of malt liquor, wine, liqueurs, cordials, and distilled
spirits which the retail licensee or municipal liquor store
currently has in stock and is offering for sale to the general
public without obtaining an additional license, provided the
wine, liqueur, cordial, and distilled spirits samples are
dispensed at no charge and consumed on the licensed premises
during the permitted hours of off-sale sale in a quantity less
than 100 milliliters of malt liquor per variety per customer, 50
milliliters of wine per variety per customer, 25 milliliters of
liqueur or cordial, and 15 milliliters of distilled spirits per
variety per customer.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.510,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [MALT LIQUOR FURNISHED FOR SAMPLING SAMPLES
AUTHORIZED.] (a) Notwithstanding section 340A.308, with respect
only to sampling authorized under subdivision 1, a brewer may
purchase from or furnish at no cost to an off-sale a licensed
retailer malt liquor the brewer manufactures if:
(1) the malt liquor is dispensed by the retailer only for
tastings authorized under subdivision 1 samples in a quantity of
less than 100 milliliters of malt liquor per variety per
customer;
(2) where the brewer furnishes the malt liquor, the
retailer makes available for return to the brewer any unused
malt liquor and empty containers;
(3) the samples are dispensed by an employee of the
retailer or brewer or by a sampling service retained by the
retailer or brewer and not affiliated directly or indirectly
with a malt liquor wholesaler;
(4) the brewer furnishes not more than three cases of malt
liquor are purchased from or furnished to the retailer by the
brewer for each sampling;
(5) each sampling continues for not more than eight hours;
(6) the brewer has furnished malt liquor for not more than
five samplings for any retailer in any calendar year;
(7) where the brewer furnishes the malt liquor, the brewer
delivers the malt liquor for the sampling to its exclusive
wholesaler for that malt liquor;
(8) the brewer has at least seven days before the sampling
filed with the commissioner, on a form the commissioner
prescribes, written notice of intent to furnish malt liquor for
the sampling, which contains (i) the name and address of the
retailer conducting the sampling, (ii) the maximum amount of
malt liquor being to be furnished or purchased by the brewer,
(iii) the number of times the brewer has furnished malt liquor
to the retailer in the calendar year in which the notice is
filed, (iv) the date and time of the sampling, (v) where the
brewer furnishes the malt liquor, the exclusive wholesaler to
whom the brewer will deliver the malt liquor, and (vi) a
statement by the brewer to the effect that to the brewer's
knowledge all requirements of this section have been or will be
complied with; and
(9) the commissioner has not notified the brewer filing the
notice under clause (8) that the commissioner disapproves the
notice.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "licensed retailer"
means a licensed on-sale or off-sale retailer of alcoholic
beverages and a municipal liquor store that sells at off-sale.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.511, is
amended to read:
340A.511 [CERTAIN SIZES MAY BE SOLD.]
(a) An off-sale retailer of intoxicating liquor may sell
distilled spirits in bottles of 50 milliliters.
(b) An on-sale intoxicating liquor licensee whose licensed
premises includes a golf course or who is a common carrier may
dispense distilled spirits from 50-milliliter bottles.
Sec. 16. [CITY OF BLAINE; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Blaine may issue 15 on-sale intoxicating liquor
licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent
with this section, apply to the licenses authorized by this
section.
Sec. 17. [CITY OF DULUTH; ON-SALE LICENSE.]
The city of Duluth may issue one on-sale intoxicating
liquor license in addition to the number authorized by law for
the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center, commonly known as
the Duluth Depot. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
340A, not inconsistent with this section, apply to the license
authorized by this section.
Sec. 18. [CITY OF HASTINGS; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Hastings may issue three on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
by this section.
Sec. 19. [CITY OF MAPLE GROVE; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Maple Grove may issue 12 on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
under this section.
Sec. 20. [CITY OF ST. JOSEPH; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of St. Joseph may issue three on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
by this section.
Sec. 21. [CITY OF ST. MICHAEL; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of St. Michael may issue five on-sale liquor
licenses in addition to the number authorized by law. All
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent
with this section, apply to the licenses authorized under this
section.
Sec. 22. [CITY OF SARTELL; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Sartell may issue five on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
by this section.
Sec. 23. [CITY OF STILLWATER; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Stillwater may issue two on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
under this section.
Sec. 24. [CITY OF THIEF RIVER FALLS; ON-SALE LICENSE.]
The city of Thief River Falls may issue one on-sale
intoxicating liquor license in addition to the number authorized
by law. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section apply to the licenses authorized
by this section.
Sec. 25. [CITY OF WACONIA; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Waconia may issue three on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
under this section.
Sec. 26. [CITY OF WOODBURY; ON-SALE LICENSES.]
The city of Woodbury may issue 12 on-sale intoxicating
liquor licenses in addition to the number authorized by law.
All provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not
inconsistent with this section, apply to the licenses authorized
by this section.
Sec. 27. [MINNESOTA CENTENNIAL SHOWBOAT.]
The city of St. Paul may issue an on-sale intoxicating
liquor license for the Minnesota Centennial Showboat, moored at
110 Yacht Club Road, Harriet Island, notwithstanding any law,
local ordinance, or charter provision. The license must be
issued to a holder of a river tour boat license under Minnesota
Statutes, section 340A.404, subdivision 8. The license
authorizes sales on all days of the week.
Sec. 28. [ELKO SPEEDWAY; ON-SALE LICENSE.]
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 340A.404,
subdivision 1, the city of Elko may issue an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license to the Elko Speedway in addition to
the number authorized by law. The license may authorize sales
only to persons attending racing events at the speedway. All
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A, not inconsistent
with this provision, apply to the license authorized under this
section. The license may be issued for a space that is not
compact and contiguous, provided that the licensed premises may
include only the space within the fenced grandstand area as
described in the approved license application.
Sec. 29. [WINE LICENSES; STATE FAIR.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 37.21 and
340A.412, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (3), the city of
St. Paul may issue a license to the holder of a state fair
concessions contract with the state agricultural society which
authorizes the licensee to sell Minnesota-produced wine by the
glass at the state fair in connection with the sale of food by
the concessionaire. All provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 340A, not inconsistent herewith, apply to licenses
issued under this section.
(b) For purposes of this section "Minnesota-produced wine"
means wine produced by a farm winery licensed under Minnesota
Statutes, section 340A.315, and made from at least 75 percent
Minnesota-grown grapes, grape juice, other fruit bases, other
juices, and honey.
Sec. 30. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Sections 1 to 9 and 13 to 29 are effective the day
following final enactment.
Presented to the governor May 24, 2003
Signed by the governor May 28, 2003, 1:39 p.m.
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