Subd. 1. General Conditions. Every license shall be granted subject to the conditions in the following subdivisions and all other provisions of this section of the city or state law.
Subd. 2. Sales to Minors or Intoxicated Persons. No 3.2% malt liquor shall be sold or served to any intoxicated person or to any person under 21 years of age.
Subd. 3. Consumption by Minors. No person under 21 years of age shall be permitted to consume 3.2% malt liquor on the licensed premises.
Subd. 4. Employment by Minors. No minor shall be employed on the premises of a liquor store except as authorized by state law.
Subd. 5. Gambling. No unlawful gambling or any unlawful gambling device shall be permitted on any licensed premises.
Subd. 6. Interest of Manufacturers or Wholesalers. No manufacturer or wholesaler of 3.2% malt liquor shall have any ownership of or interest in an establishment licensed to sell at retail contrary to the provisions of M.S. Chapter 340A, as it may be amended from time to time. No retail licensee and manufacturer or wholesaler of 3.2% malt liquor shall be party to any exclusive purchase contract. No retail licensee shall receive any benefits contrary to law from a manufacturer or wholesaler of 3.2% malt liquor, and no such manufacturer or wholesaler of 3.2% malt liquor shall confer any benefits contrary to law upon a retail licensee.
Subd. 7. Federal Liquor Dealers Stamp. No licensee shall sell 3.2% malt liquor while holding or exhibiting in the licensed premises a federal retail liquor dealer’s special tax stamp unless he or she is licensed under the laws of the state to sell intoxicating liquors.
Subd. 8. Sales of Intoxicating Liquor. No licensee who is not also licensed to sell intoxicating liquor and who does not hold a consumption or display permit shall sell or permit the consumption and display of intoxicating liquors on the licensed premises or serve any liquids for the purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquor. The presence of intoxicating liquors on the premises of such a licensee shall be prima facie evidence of possession of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale; and the serving of any liquid for the purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquors shall be prima facie evidence that intoxicating liquor is being permitted to be consumed or displayed contrary to this section.
Subd. 9. Searches and Seizures. Any peace officer may enter and inspect the public areas of the premises of a licensee during business hours and may seize all intoxicating liquors found on the licensed premises in violation of Subd. 8 above.
Subd. 10. Licensee Responsibility. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of his or her place of business and shall maintain conditions of sobriety and order. The act of any employee on the licensed premises authorized to sell intoxicating liquor there shall be deemed the act of the licensee as well, and the licensee shall be liable to all penalties provided by this section and the law equally with the employee.
Subd. 11. Banquet Rooms. A regular on-sale license shall entitle the holder to serve 3.2% malt liquor in a separate room of the licensed premises for banquets or dinners at which are present not fewer than ten persons.