Bill Text: MN SF1089 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Distilled spirits primary source law establishment
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Chief author added Limmer [SF1089 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1089-Introduced.html
1.2relating to alcohol; creating a primary source law for distilled spirits;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.311.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.311, is amended to read:
1.6340A.311 BRAND REGISTRATION.
1.7(a) A brand of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor may not be
1.8manufactured, imported into, or sold in the state unless the brand label has been registered
1.9with and approved by the commissioner. A brand registration must be renewed every three
1.10years in order to remain in effect. The fee for an initial brand registration is $40. The fee
1.11for brand registration renewal is $30. The brand label of a brand of intoxicating liquor
1.12or 3.2 percent malt liquor for which the brand registration has expired, is conclusively
1.13deemed abandoned by the manufacturer or importer.
1.14(b) In this section "brand" and "brand label" include trademarks and designs used in
1.15connection with labels.
1.16(c) The label of any brand of wine, distilled spirits, or intoxicating or nonintoxicating
1.17malt beverage may be registered only by the brand owner or authorized agent. No such
1.18brand may be imported into the state for sale without the consent of the brand owner or
1.19authorized agent. This section does not limit the provisions of section340A.307 .
1.20(d) The commissioner shall refuse to register a malt liquor brand label, and shall
1.21revoke the registration of a malt liquor brand label already registered, if the brand label
1.22states or implies in a false or misleading manner a connection with an actual living or dead
1.23American Indian leader. This paragraph does not apply to a brand label registered for the
1.24first time in Minnesota before January 1, 1992.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.311.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.311, is amended to read:
1.6340A.311 BRAND REGISTRATION.
1.7(a) A brand of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor may not be
1.8manufactured, imported into, or sold in the state unless the brand label has been registered
1.9with and approved by the commissioner. A brand registration must be renewed every three
1.10years in order to remain in effect. The fee for an initial brand registration is $40. The fee
1.11for brand registration renewal is $30. The brand label of a brand of intoxicating liquor
1.12or 3.2 percent malt liquor for which the brand registration has expired, is conclusively
1.13deemed abandoned by the manufacturer or importer.
1.14(b) In this section "brand" and "brand label" include trademarks and designs used in
1.15connection with labels.
1.16(c) The label of any brand of wine, distilled spirits, or intoxicating or nonintoxicating
1.17malt beverage may be registered only by the brand owner or authorized agent. No such
1.18brand may be imported into the state for sale without the consent of the brand owner or
1.19authorized agent. This section does not limit the provisions of section
1.20(d) The commissioner shall refuse to register a malt liquor brand label, and shall
1.21revoke the registration of a malt liquor brand label already registered, if the brand label
1.22states or implies in a false or misleading manner a connection with an actual living or dead
1.23American Indian leader. This paragraph does not apply to a brand label registered for the
1.24first time in Minnesota before January 1, 1992.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
