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Laws of Minnesota 1987 CHAPTER 5-S.F.No. 211 An act relating to alcoholic beverages; premises which may be issued on-sale licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, sections 340A.404, subdivisions 1 and 6; 340A.411, subdivision 1; and 340A.504, subdivision 3. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 340A.404, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. [CITIES.] A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the following establishments located within its jurisdiction: (1) hotels; (2) restaurants; (3) bowling centers; (4) clubs or congressionally chartered veterans organizations provided that the organization has been in existence for at least three years and liquor sales will only be to members and bona fide guests;(4)(5) sports facilities located on land owned by the metropolitan sports commission; and(5)(6) exclusive liquor stores. Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 340A.404, subdivision 6, is amended to read: Subd. 6. [COUNTIES.] A county board may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license within the area of the county that is unorganized or unincorporated, to a bowling center, restaurant, or club with the approval of the commissioner. Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 340A.411, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. [ON-SALE LICENSES.] On-sale nonintoxicating liquor licenses may only be issued to drugstores, restaurants, hotels, clubs, bowling centers, and establishments used exclusively for the sale of nonintoxicating malt liquor with the incidental sale of tobacco and soft drinks. Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 340A.504, subdivision 3, is amended to read: Subd. 3. [INTOXICATING LIQUOR; SUNDAY SALES; ON-SALE.] (a) A restaurant, club, bowling center, or hotel with a seating capacity for at least 30 persons and which holds an on-sale intoxicating liquor license may sell intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises in conjunction with the sale of food between the hours of 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight on Sundays. (b) The governing body of a municipality may after one public hearing by ordinance permit a restaurant, hotel, bowling center, or club to sell intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises in conjunction with the sale of food between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Sundays, provided that the licensee is in conformance with the Minnesota clean air act. (c) An establishment serving intoxicating liquor on Sundays must obtain a Sunday license. The license must be issued by the governing body of the municipality for a period of one year, and the fee for the license may not exceed $200. (d) A municipality may issue a Sunday intoxicating liquor license only if authorized to do so by the voters of the municipality voting on the question at a general or special election. (e) An election conducted in a town on the question of the issuance by the county of Sunday sales licenses to establishments located in the town must be held on the day of the annual election of town officers. (f) Voter approval is not required for licenses issued by the metropolitan airports commission or common carrier licenses issued by the commissioner. Common carriers serving intoxicating liquor on Sunday must obtain a Sunday license from the commissioner at an annual fee of $50, plus $5 for each duplicate. Sec. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final enactment and bowling center on-sale licenses in effect on that date are validated retroactively to their date of issuance. Approved March 17, 1987
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