1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to liquor; clarifying on-sale event license requirement;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 340A.404, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 340A.404, subdivision 4, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Special provisions; sports, conventions, or cultural facilities; 
1.8 	community festivals. (a) The governing body of a municipality may authorize a holder of 
1.9 	a retail on-sale intoxicating liquor license issued by the municipality or by an adjacent 
1.10 	municipality to dispense intoxicating liquor at any convention, banquet, conference, 
1.11 	meeting, or social affair conducted on the premises of a sports, convention, or cultural 
1.12 	facility owned by the municipality or instrumentality thereof having independent 
1.13 	policy-making and appropriating authority and located within the municipality. The 
1.14 	licensee must be engaged to dispense intoxicating liquor at an event held by a person or 
1.15 	organization permitted to use the premises, and may dispense intoxicating liquor only to 
1.16 	persons attending the event. The licensee may not dispense intoxicating liquor to any 
1.17 	person attending or participating in an a youth amateur athletic event, for persons 18 years 
1.18 	of age or younger, held on the premises.
1.19 	(b) The governing body of a municipality may authorize a holder of a retail on-sale 
1.20 	intoxicating liquor license issued by the municipality to dispense intoxicating liquor 
1.21 	off premises at a community festival held within the municipality. The authorization 
1.22 	shall specify the area in which the intoxicating liquor must be dispensed and consumed, 
1.23 	and shall not be issued unless the licensee demonstrates that it has liability insurance as 
1.24 	prescribed by section 340A.409 to cover the event.