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. .~ ! . . , , I. General Discussion M.S. 340.14, Subd. 5 authorizes the one-sale of liquor on Sunc1ays under careully restricted conditions, including a referendum requirement. By the terms of the act, municipalities may issue special Sunday liquor licenses to hotels, restaurants or clubs as defined in M.S. 340.07 which have on-sale liquor licenses and which have facilities for serving not less than 30 guests at one time. For definition of the terms "hotel" and Ilrestaurant II see Section V of this memo. Liquor may be sold between the hours of 12 o'clock noon and l2'o'clock midnight, in conjunction with the serving of food. It is not necessary that the patton actually be served a meal in order to be served liquor (A.G. Op. 218g-19, August 7, 1967) . . The annual fee for a special Sunday liquor license may not exceed $200. The $200 sunday liquor license fee maybe imposed in addition to the $lOO macimum on-sale license fee chareable to clubs or veterans' organizations under M.S. 340.11, Subd. ll. No such special license may be issued until authorized by the voters voting on the question at a special or general election. No electicm procedures are prescribed other than such an election is to be conducted in accordance with the Minnesota election la~l7. Apparently then, a special election would be held in accordance with the provi.sions of M.S. 205.10 or applicable charter provisions in charter cities. By the terms of M.S. 205.l0 a city council may call a special election on its own motion but if a petition signed by a number of voters equal to 20% of the votes cast at the last city election is filed with the clerk, it is mandatory that the council hold the election. The same may be true in charter cities depending upon individual charter provisions. For a fullet discussion of special election procedures, see "A Handbook for Statutory Cities". See Exhibit "A" II. Amendment of Liquor Ordinance Althow;h the law does not specify when the results of such an election become effective, it would appear that the municipality could issue special Sunday licenses following the election "judqes' certification of the results to the council. However, before issuing such licenses, the council should amend its present liquor-licensing ordinance to authorize their issuance. That portion of the ordinance regulating hours of sale should also be changed. A suggested form of amendment which may be adapted to most such ordinances is as follows: Section . License Required. Subdivision . Special Sunday On-Sale License. Special on-sale licenses for the sale of intoxicat~ ing liquor on Sunday shall be issued only to hotels, restaur- ants, and clt!ps:as~::define0,in ,~ini1eseta Statutes 340 ~07. All sales of liqllor .by suchestablishmentsc:.shal1~_be::_i!1 accordance with 1.1. S. 340.14, Subd. 5 . Section '" . Hours. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold arter 1 a.m. on Sunday, except hotels, restaur- ants and clubs having special Sunday on-sale liquor licenses may serVe intoxicating liquor between the hours of l2 o'clock noon and l2 o'clock midnight on Sunday. III. Filing Although there is no filing requirement in the act, it would seem to be good practice for the COUncil to file the certificate of election with the Liquor Control Director.