Title
Amending Chapter 409 of the Legislative Code to align with recent changes in Minnesota Statue following the passage of the legislative omnibus bill that affects small brewers, distillers and wineries.
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Section 1
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2022, Governor Walz signed Bill SF3008 into effect; and
Whereas, SF3008 brings relief to Minnesota’s growing craft beer and spirits community without disturbing the market for retailers; and
WHEREAS, under this new legislation, the annual production limits have increased for small brewers, the packaging that malt liquor produced for off-sale purposes have been adjusted to include 4-pack and 6-pack cans and bottles in addition to growlers, and the daily limit permitted for individual off-sale transactions increases from 64 ounces to 128 ounces per person; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the omnibus bill provides for the Coleman Act Fix preserving Minnesota’s spirits open wholesaling law; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the omnibus bill allows any distillery otherwise meeting the cocktail room requirements to operate a cocktail room and excludes spirits bottled under a third-party contract from the 50 percent Minnesota annual production threshold for operating a cocktail room; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the omnibus bill allows micro distilleries to sell more of their own product, increasing from 375 ml to 750 ml of spirits per customer of any approved size; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the omnibus bill increases the annual production threshold to sell off-sale malt liquor from 20000 barrels to 150,000 barrels; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the omnibus bill allows a small brewer, one with annual production of less than 7,500 barrels, to sell up to 128 ounces of beer per customer per day; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the omnibus bill requires any brand of beer sold under the new authority to be made available to a wholesaler; and now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain that Saint ...
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