Bill Text: MN HF2595 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Dram shop insurance requirements exemption clarified for farm wineries.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-29 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform [HF2595 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2595-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to liquor; clarifying an exemption from dram shop insurance
requirements for certain farm wineries;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
section 340A.409, subdivision 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.409, subdivision 4, is amended to
read:
    Subd. 4. Insurance not required. Subdivision 1 does not apply to licensees who
by affidavit establish that:
(1) they are on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor licensees with sales of less than $25,000
of 3.2 percent malt liquor for the preceding year;
(2) they are off-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor licensees with sales of less than $50,000
of 3.2 percent malt liquor for the preceding year;
(3) they are holders of on-sale wine licenses or a farm winery license with sales of
less than $25,000 for wine for the preceding year;
(4) they are holders of temporary wine licenses issued under law; or
(5) they are wholesalers who donate wine to an organization for a wine tasting
conducted under section 340A.418 or 340A.419.