S.B. 240 (S-2): COMMITTEE SUMMARY DOMESTIC BRANDY
Senate Bill 240 (Substitute S-2) Sponsor: Senator Harry Gast
Committee: Economic Development, International Trade and Regulatory Affairs Date Completed: 11-8-95
The bill would amend the Michigan Liquor Control Act to allow the Liquor Control Commission to approve a brandy manufacturer to sell at retail brandy that it manufacturered, blended or rectified, or both, at its licensed premises or at other premises authorized in the Act. The bill also would allow the Commission to approve a brandy manufacturer to sell brandy made by the manufacturer in a restaurant for consumption on or off the premises if the restaurant were owned by the brandy manufacturer or operated by another person under an agreement approved by the Commission and were located on the premises where the brandy manufacturer was licensed. Brandy sold for consumption off the premises would have to be sold at the uniform price established by the Commission.
The bill also would delete from the conditions under which a wine maker may conduct wine tastings the provision that not more than one wine tasting location per wine maker may be approved by the Commission in a licensing year. The bill specifies that if a wine maker wanted to sell its wine made for consumption on or off the premises in a restaurant operated by another person, the operation of the restaurant would have to be under an agreement approved by the Commission.
MCL 436.2m & 436.31 Legislative Analyst: L. Burghardt
There is no fiscal information available at this time.
Fiscal Analyst: K. Lindquist
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
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