1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; imposing a criminal penalty for social host liability;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.90, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.90, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Social host liability; gross misdemeanor. (a) A person 21 years of age or 
1.8 	older who: (1) had control over the premises and, being in a reasonable position to prevent 
1.9 	the consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under the age of 21 years, knowingly 
1.10 	or recklessly permitted that consumption and the consumption caused the intoxication of 
1.11 	that person; or (2) sold, bartered, furnished or gave to, or purchased for a person under the 
1.12 	age of 21 years alcoholic beverages that caused the intoxication of that person is guilty, 
1.13 	upon a second conviction, of a gross misdemeanor.
1.14 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the landlord or manager of a multiple dwelling 
1.15 	or rental residential property who does not actively participate in providing an alcoholic 
1.16 	beverage to a person under the age of 21 years.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to crimes 
1.18 	committed on or after that date.