1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to alcohol; allowing religious stores to sell sacramental wine;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.316.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.316, is amended to read:
1.6 	340A.316 SACRAMENTAL WINE.
1.7 	The commissioner may issue licenses for the importation and sale of wine 
1.8 	exclusively for sacramental purposes. The holder of a sacramental wine license may 
1.9 	sell wine only to a rabbi, priest, or minister of a church, or other established religious 
1.10 	organization, or individual members of a religious organization who conduct ceremonies 
1.11 	in their homes, if the purchaser certifies in writing that the wine will be used exclusively 
1.12 	for sacramental purposes in religious ceremonies. The annual fee for a sacramental wine 
1.13 	license is $50. A rabbi, priest, or minister of a church or other established religious 
1.14 	organization may import wine exclusively for sacramental purposes without a license.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.