2004 Minnesota Statutes

     340A.602 Continuation. 

    In any city in which the report of the operations of a 
 municipal liquor store has shown a net loss prior to interfund 
 transfer in any two of three consecutive years, the city council 
 shall, not more than 45 days prior to the end of the fiscal year 
 following the three-year period, hold a public hearing on the 
 question of whether the city shall continue to operate a 
 municipal liquor store.  Two weeks' notice, written in clear and 
 easily understandable language, of the hearing must be printed 
 in the city's official newspaper.  Following the hearing the 
 city council may on its own motion or shall upon petition of 
 five percent or more of the registered voters of the city, 
 submit to the voters at a general or special municipal election 
 the question of whether the city shall continue or discontinue 
 municipal liquor store operations by a date which the city 
 council shall designate.  The date designated by the city 
 council must not be more than 30 months following the date of 
 the election. 

    HIST: 1985 c 305 art 8 s 2; 1987 c 152 art 1 s 1; 1992 c 486 s 
 10; 1993 c 315 s 7