1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to liquor; modifying certain license restrictions; amending Minnesota
1.3 Statutes 2024, section 340A.22, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 2.Cocktail room license.(a) A municipality, including a city with a municipal
1.7liquor store, may issue the holder of a microdistillery license or distilled spirits manufacturer
1.8license under this chapter a microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room
1.9license. A microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license authorizes
1.10on-sale of distilled liquor produced by the distiller for consumption on the premises of or
1.11adjacent to one distillery location owned by the distiller. Notwithstanding section 340A.504,
1.12subdivision 3, a cocktail room may be open and may conduct on-sale business on Sundays
1.13if authorized by the municipality. Nothing in this subdivision precludes the holder of a
1.14microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license from also holding a
1.15license to operate a restaurant at the distillery. Section 340A.409 shall apply to a license
1.16issued under this subdivision. All provisions of this chapter that apply to a retail liquor
1.17license shall apply to a license issued under this subdivision unless the provision is explicitly
1.18inconsistent with this subdivision.
1.19 (b) A distiller may only have one cocktail room license under this subdivision.
1.20 (c) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a distiller holding a microdistillery
1.21or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license under this subdivision, subject to
1.22limitations applicable to license fees under section 340A.408, subdivision 2, paragraph (a).
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Authored by Kresha04/23/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy 2.1 (d) A municipality shall, within ten days of the issuance of a license under this
2.2subdivision, inform the commissioner of the licensee's name and address and trade name,
2.3and the effective date and expiration date of the license. The municipality shall also inform
2.4the commissioner of a license transfer, cancellation, suspension, or revocation during the
2.5license period.
2.6 (e) No single entity may hold both a cocktail room and taproom license, and a cocktail
2.7room and taproom may not be colocated unless an entity was currently holding a taproom
2.8license under section 340A.26, and a microdistillery license under this section, prior to
2.9August 20, 2014.
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