1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; authorizing municipalities to allow off-sales on Sundays;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.504, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.504, subdivision 4, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Intoxicating liquor; off-sale. (a) No sale of intoxicating liquor may 
1.8 	be made by an off-sale licensee:
1.9 	(1) on Sundays;
1.10 	(2) before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday;
1.11 	(3) on Thanksgiving Day;
1.12 	(4) on Christmas Day, December 25; or
1.13 	(5) after 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24.
1.14 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a municipality may authorize off-sale licensees 
1.15 	or a municipal liquor store under its jurisdiction to make off-sales of intoxicating liquor on 
1.16 	any day, provided that no sale may be made before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.

1.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.