1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to alcohol; allowing brewer taprooms to be located in cities with 
1.3 	municipal liquor;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.601, 
1.4 	subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.601, subdivision 5, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Issuance of licenses to private persons. A city owning and operating a 
1.9 	municipal liquor store may issue on-sale liquor licenses to hotels, clubs, and restaurants, 
1.10 	and brewer taprooms licensed under section 340A.301, subdivision 6b. A city issuing 
1.11 	on-sale licenses under this subdivision may continue to operate the municipal liquor store 
1.12 	or may resume operation of a municipal liquor store previously discontinued.
1.13 	The number of on-sale licenses issued under this section by a city is governed by 
1.14 	section 340A.413.
1.15 	A city may not issue licenses under this section, other than a license issued to a club 
1.16 	under section 340A.404, subdivision 1, clause (4), until authorized by the voters of the 
1.17 	city voting on the question at a special election called for that purpose.