1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to liquor; removing limits on the number of 
  1.3             on-sale and off-sale liquor licenses that may be 
  1.4             issued by a municipality; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             2002, section 340A.601, subdivision 5; repealing 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.413.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.601, 
  1.9   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 5.  [ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO PRIVATE PERSONS.] A city 
  1.11  owning and operating a municipal liquor store may issue on-sale 
  1.12  liquor licenses to hotels, clubs, and restaurants.  A city 
  1.13  issuing on-sale licenses under this subdivision may continue to 
  1.14  operate the municipal liquor store or may resume operation of a 
  1.15  municipal liquor store previously discontinued. 
  1.16     The number of on-sale licenses issued under this section by 
  1.17  a city is governed by section 340A.413. 
  1.18     A city may not issue licenses under this section, other 
  1.19  than a license issued to a club under section 340A.404, 
  1.20  subdivision 1, clause (4), until authorized by the voters of the 
  1.21  city voting on the question at a special election called for 
  1.22  that purpose.  
  1.23     Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
  1.24     Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.413, is repealed.  
  1.25     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.26     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.1   enactment.