HOUSE BILL No. 4520


     March 18, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Emerson, Bogardus, Rison and Cherry and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, entitled

   "The Michigan liquor control act,"

   by amending section 17h (MCL 436.17h), as amended by 1996 PA

   379.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 17h.  (1) The commission may issue to the governing

 2    board of a college or university, without regard to the quota

 3    provisions of section 19c, a license to sell alcoholic liquor for

 4    consumption on the premises of a conference center operated by

 5    the governing board.  Licenses granted under this subsection may

 6    be used only for the sale of alcoholic liquor at regularly sched-

 7    uled conference center activities.  The sale of alcoholic liquor

 8    to unscheduled patrons or at unscheduled events is prohibited

 9    under this subsection.




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 1         (2) Subject to the provisions of section 19c, the commission

 2    may issue a license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic

 3    liquor for consumption on the premises of a hotel located on land

 4    owned by central Michigan university if both of the following

 5    circumstances exist:

 6         (a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to

 7    a private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the hotel build-

 8    ing and its fixtures.

 9         (b) The hotel and land are located within an industrial,

10    research, or commercial development park established by the gov-

11    erning board of central Michigan university.

12         (3) Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall be non-

13    transferable, and the licensee shall pay the fee required under

14    section 19.

15         (4) As used in this section:

16         (a) "College" or "university" means a 2-year or 4-year state

17    supported institution of higher education.

18         (b) "Conference center" means a building or portion of a

19    building, other than a student residence hall or student center,

20    which has meeting rooms, banquet areas, social halls, overnight

21    accommodations, and related facilities for special activities

22    scheduled by the college or university, which in the judgment of

23    the commission, has been regularly used for conferences and lodg-

24    ing of guests.  The Hoyt conference center and the corporate edu-

25    cation center at eastern Michigan university, the Kirkhof and

26    Eberhard centers at Grand Valley state university, the Bernhard

27    center at western Michigan university, the Wadsworth center at



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 1    Michigan technological university, the West Complex center at

 2    Saginaw valley state university, the conference center at Big

 3    Rapids and the applied technology center at Grand Rapids of

 4    Ferris state university, Grand Rapids junior college, the

 5    Waterman campus center at Schoolcraft college, the Mendel center

 6    at Lake Michigan community college, the McGregor memorial confer-

 7    ence center at Wayne state university,  and  the Michigan state

 8    university management educational center,  shall be  AND THE

 9    MARIE PRAHL COLLEGE CENTER AT MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE consid-

10    ered conference centers for the purposes of this act.  The

11    license issued for the Michigan state university management edu-

12    cation center is not subject to the limitation and quota provi-

13    sions of section 19c.































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