| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to liquor; modifying certain license restrictions; amending Minnesota |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Statutes 2024, section 340A.22, subdivision 2. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 340A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 2.Cocktail room license.(a) A municipality, including a city with a municipal |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7liquor store, may issue the holder of a microdistillery license or distilled spirits manufacturer |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8license under this chapter a microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9license. A microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license authorizes |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10on-sale of distilled liquor produced by the distiller for consumption on the premises of or |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11adjacent to one distillery location owned by the distiller. Notwithstanding section 340A.504, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12subdivision 3, a cocktail room may be open and may conduct on-sale business on Sundays |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13if authorized by the municipality. Nothing in this subdivision precludes the holder of a |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14microdistillery or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license from also holding a |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15license to operate a restaurant at the distillery. Section 340A.409 shall apply to a license |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16issued under this subdivision. All provisions of this chapter that apply to a retail liquor |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17license shall apply to a license issued under this subdivision unless the provision is explicitly |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18inconsistent with this subdivision. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (b) A distiller may only have one cocktail room license under this subdivision. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (c) The municipality shall impose a licensing fee on a distiller holding a microdistillery |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21or distilled spirits manufacturer cocktail room license under this subdivision, subject to |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22limitations applicable to license fees under section 340A.408, subdivision 2, paragraph (a). |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR JSK/EN 25-0252201/22/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 3226 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Kresha04/23/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 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 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2subdivision, inform the commissioner of the licensee's name and address and trade name, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3and the effective date and expiration date of the license. The municipality shall also inform |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4the commissioner of a license transfer, cancellation, suspension, or revocation during the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5license period. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6 (e) No single entity may hold both a cocktail room and taproom license, and a cocktail |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.7room and taproom may not be colocated unless an entity was currently holding a taproom |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8license under section 340A.26, and a microdistillery license under this section, prior to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9August 20, 2014. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 42 | 42 | | REVISOR JSK/EN 25-0252201/22/25 |
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