1.1 	 A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; removing authority of cities to own municipal 
1.3 	liquor stores; requiring divestiture; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 340A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 340A.601; 
1.5 	340A.602; 340A.603; 340A.604; 426.19; 426.20; 471.6985.
1.6 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [340A.605] NO MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORES.
1.8 	 No city may establish, own, or operate a municipal liquor store.

1.9 	 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2010.

1.10 	Sec. 2. DIVESTITURE OF MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE.
 1.11 	 A city that owns or operates a municipal liquor store must sell, transfer, or otherwise 
1.12 	divest itself of any interest in the store by January 1, 2010. Proceeds of any sale must be 
1.13 	deposited in the city's general fund.

1.14 	 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.15 	Sec. 3. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.
 1.16 	The revisor of statutes shall delete references to municipal liquor stores from 
1.17 	sections 295.75, subdivision 1; 340A.405, subdivision 2; 340A.410, subdivisions 4b, and 
1.18 	9; 340A.412, subdivision 12; 340A.503, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6; 340A.508, subdivision 
1.19 	3; 340A.510; 340A.513, subdivision 1; 340A.701, subdivision 1; 340A.802, subdivision 
1.20 	1; and 340A.905. The revisor may rewrite the sentences containing the references to 
1.21 	make them grammatically correct.

2.1 	Sec. 4. REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 340A.601; 340A.602; 340A.603; 340A.604; 
2.3 	426.19; 426.20; 447.045; and 471.6985, are repealed effective January 1, 2010.