1.1.................... moves to amend S.F. No. 972, the third engrossment, as amended, as
1.2follows:
1.3Page 106, after line 6, insert:

1.4    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.101, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.5to read:
1.6    Subd. 10b. Food retailer. "Food retailer" is a for-profit, not-for-profit, or cooperative
1.7self-service retail establishment that sells, directly to consumers: bread and bakery items;
1.8meats, seafood, and poultry; fruits, vegetables, and other produce; dairy products; and dried,
1.9canned, and other packaged groceries and shelf-stable food products; and may also sell
1.10cleaning products, paper goods, and other household products and sundries. A food retailer
1.11includes large and midscale establishments such as supermarkets and grocery stores, but
1.12may also include small-scale establishments such as corner stores or convenience stores.
1.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.14    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.405, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.15    Subdivision 1. Cities. (a) A city other than a city of the first class may issue with the
1.16approval of the commissioner, an off-sale intoxicating liquor license to an exclusive liquor
1.17store, a food retailer, or to a drugstore to which an off-sale license had been issued on or
1.18prior to May 1, 1994.
1.19(b) A city of the first class may issue an off-sale license to an exclusive liquor store, a
1.20food retailer, a general food store to which an off-sale license had been issued on August
1.211, 1989, or a drugstore to which an off-sale license had been issued on or prior to May 1,
1.221994.
2.1(c) With the approval of the commissioner, a city owning and operating a municipal
2.2liquor store under section 340A.601 may issue an off-sale intoxicating liquor license to a
2.3food retailer.
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.5    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.412, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.6    Subd. 3. Limitations on issuance of licenses to one person or place. (a) A municipality
2.7may not issue more than one off-sale intoxicating liquor license to any one person or for
2.8any one place.
2.9(b) A municipality may not allow the same business name to be used by more than one
2.10of its off-sale intoxicating liquor licensees.
2.11(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "person" means:
2.12(1) a holder of an off-sale intoxicating liquor license;
2.13(2) an officer, director, agent, or employee of a holder of an off-sale intoxicating liquor
2.14license; or
2.15(3) an affiliate of a holder of an off-sale intoxicating liquor license, regardless of whether
2.16the affiliation is corporate or by management, direction, or control.
2.17(d) This subdivision does not apply to an off-sale license issued to a food retailer under
2.18section 340A.405.
2.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.20    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.412, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.21to read:
2.22    Subd. 15. Food retailers. An off-sale intoxicating liquor license issued to a food retailer
2.23under section 340A.405 authorizes the food retailer to sell malt liquor and wine.
2.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.25    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.413, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.26    Subd. 5. Off-sale licenses. (a) No off-sale intoxicating liquor license may be issued in
2.27any city, except as provided in this section, in excess of the following limits:
2.28(1) in cities of the first class, not more than one off-sale license for each 5,000 population;
2.29and
3.1(2) in all other cities the limit shall be determined by the governing body of the city.
3.2(b) This subdivision does not apply to an off-sale license issued to a food retailer under
3.3section 340A.405.
3.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

3.5    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 340A.503, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.6    Subd. 4. Entering licensed premises. (a) It is unlawful for a person under the age of
3.721 years to enter an establishment licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages or any
3.8municipal liquor store for the purpose of purchasing or having served or delivered any
3.9alcoholic beverage.
3.10(b) Notwithstanding section 340A.509, no ordinance enacted by a statutory or home
3.11rule charter city may prohibit a person 18, 19, or 20 years old from entering an establishment
3.12licensed under this chapter to:
3.13(1) perform work for the establishment, including the serving of alcoholic beverages,
3.14unless otherwise prohibited by section 340A.412, subdivision 10;
3.15(2) consume meals; and
3.16(3) attend social functions that are held in a portion of the establishment where liquor
3.17is not sold.
3.18(c) Notwithstanding section 340A.509, a local authority may not enact an ordinance that
3.19prohibits a person under the age of 21 years from entering a food retailer licensed for off-sale
3.20under section 340A.405.
3.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.22Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.23Amend the title accordingly