Bill Text: MI HB5010 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Liquor; licenses; location restrictions; modify for issuance of license. Amends sec. 533 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1533).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-28 - Printed Bill Filed 09/28/2011 [HB5010 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5010-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5010

 

September 27, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Lund and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

 

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

 

by amending section 533 (MCL 436.1533), as amended by 1998 PA 416.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 533. A retail vendor licensed under this act to sell for

 

consumption on the premises may apply for a license as a specially

 

designated merchant. A specially designated distributor may apply

 

for a license as a specially designated merchant. In cities,

 

incorporated villages, or townships, the commission shall issue

 

only 1 specially designated distributor license for each 3,000 of

 

population, or fraction of 3,000. Notwithstanding R 436.1133 of the

 

Michigan administrative code or any other rule promulgated under

 

this act, the commission shall not require that the proposed

 

licensed establishment for a new specially designated distributor

 

license be located a certain distance from an existing specially

 

designated distibutor's licensed establishment. The commission may

 

waive the quota requirement may be waived at the discretion of the

 

commission in this section if there is no existing specially

 

designated distributor licensee within 2 miles of the applicant,

 

measured along the nearest traffic route.