Minnesota Session Laws - 2017, Regular Session

CHAPTER 6--H.F.No. 30

An act

relating to liquor; permitting the off-sale of intoxicating liquor on Sundays; prohibiting certain deliveries on Sunday;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.504, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.504, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Intoxicating liquor; off-sale.

new text begin (a) new text end No sale of intoxicating liquor may be made by an off-sale licensee:

(1) on Sundays new text begin , except between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. new text end ;

(2) before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday;

(3) on Thanksgiving Day;

(4) on Christmas Day, December 25; or

(5) after 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24.

new text begin (b) No delivery of alcohol to an off-sale licensee may be made by a wholesaler or accepted by an off-sale licensee on a Sunday. No order solicitation or merchandising may be made by a wholesaler on a Sunday. new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2017. new text end

Presented to the governor March 3, 2017

Signed by the governor March 7, 2017, 2:31 p.m.