HOUSE BILL No. 4767 May 8, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Richner and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics. A bill to amend 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, entitled "The Michigan liquor control act," by amending sections 19 and 24 (MCL 436.19 and 436.24), section 19 as amended by 1992 PA 300 and section 24 as amended by 1996 PA 440, and by adding section 2hh. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 2HH. "CASINO LICENSE" MEANS A LICENSE ISSUED TO A 2 CASINO ESTABLISHED UNDER THE MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL AND REVENUE 3 ACT, THE INITIATED LAW OF 1996, MCL 432.201 TO 432.216, ALLOWING 4 THE SALE AT RETAIL OF BEER, WINE, MIXED SPIRIT DRINK, AND SPIRITS 5 FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED PREMISES. FOR ALL INTENTS AND 6 PURPOSES UNDER THIS ACT AND AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, A CASINO 7 LICENSE SHALL BE TREATED IN THE IDENTICAL MANNER AS A CLASS C 8 LICENSE. THE HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL NOT DIFFER FROM THE HOURS 9 OF OPERATION OF A CLASS C LICENSE. 02657'97 LBO 2 1 Sec. 19. (1) The following license fees shall be paid at 2 the time of filing applications or as otherwise provided in this 3 act: 4 (a) Manufacturers of spirits, but not including makers, 5 blenders, and rectifiers of wines containing 21% of alcohol or 6 less by volume, $10,000.00. 7 (b) Manufacturers of beer, $50.00 per 1,000 barrels, or 8 fraction of a barrel, production annually with a maximum fee of 9 $1,000.00, and in addition $50.00 for each motor vehicle used in 10 delivery to retail licensees. A fee increase shall not apply to 11 a manufacturer of less than 15,000 barrels production per year. 12 (c) Outstate seller of beer, delivering or selling beer in 13 this state, $1,000.00. 14 (d) Wine makers, blenders, and rectifiers of wine, including 15 makers, blenders, and rectifiers of wines containing 21% or less 16 alcohol by volume, $100.00. The small wine maker license fee 17 shall be $25.00. 18 (e) Outstate seller of wine, delivering or selling wine in 19 this state, $300.00. 20 (f) Outstate seller of mixed spirit drink, delivering or 21 selling mixed spirit drink in this state, $300.00. 22 (g) Dining cars or other railroad or pullman cars selling 23 alcoholic liquor, $100.00 per train. 24 (h) Wholesale vendors other than manufacturers of beer, 25 $300.00 for the first motor vehicle used in delivery to retail 26 licensees and $50.00 for each additional motor vehicle used in 27 delivery to retail licensees. 02657'97 3 1 (i) Watercraft, licensed to carry passengers, selling 2 alcoholic liquor, a minimum fee of $100.00 and a maximum fee of 3 $500.00 per year computed on the basis of $1.00 per person per 4 passenger capacity. 5 (j) Specially designated merchants, for selling beer or wine 6 for consumption off the premises only, but not at wholesale, 7 $100.00 for each location regardless of the fact that the loca- 8 tion may be a part of a system or chain of merchandising. 9 (k) Specially designated distributors licensed by the com- 10 mission to distribute spirits and mixed spirit drink in the orig- 11 inal package for the commission for consumption off the premises, 12 $150.00 per year; and $3.00 additional fee for each $1,000.00 or 13 major fraction of that amount in excess of $25,000.00 of the 14 total retail value of merchandise purchased under each license 15 from the liquor control commission during the previous calendar 16 year. 17 (l) Hotels of class A selling beer and wine, a minimum fee 18 of $250.00 and for all bedrooms in excess of 20, $1.00 for each 19 additional bedroom, but not to exceed $500.00. 20 (m) Hotels of class B selling beer, wine, mixed spirit 21 drink, and spirits, a minimum fee of $600.00 and for all bedrooms 22 in excess of 20, $3.00 for each additional bedroom. If a hotel 23 of class B sells beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits in 24 more than 1 public bar, the fee shall entitle the hotel to sell 25 in only 1 public bar, other than a bedroom, and a license shall 26 be secured for each additional public bar, other than a bedroom, 27 the fee for which shall be $350.00. 02657'97 4 1 (n) Taverns, selling beer and wine, $250.00. 2 (o) Class C license AND CASINO LICENSE selling beer, wine, 3 mixed spirit drink, and spirits, $600.00. If a class C OR CASINO 4 licensee sells beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits in 5 more than 1 bar, a fee of $350.00 shall be paid for each addi- 6 tional bar. In municipally owned or supported facilities in 7 which nonprofit organizations operate concession stands, a fee of 8 $100.00 shall be paid for each additional bar. 9 (p) Clubs selling beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spir- 10 its, $300.00 for clubs having 150 or less duly accredited members 11 and $1.00 for each additional member. The membership list for 12 the purpose only of determining the license fees to be paid under 13 this section shall be the accredited list of members as deter- 14 mined by a sworn affidavit 30 days before the closing of the 15 license year. This section shall not prevent the commission from 16 checking a membership list and making its own determination from 17 the list or otherwise. The list of members and additional mem- 18 bers shall not be required of a club paying the maximum fee. The 19 maximum fee shall not exceed $750.00 for any 1 club. 20 (q) Warehouses, to be fixed by the commission with a minimum 21 fee for each warehouse of $50.00. 22 (r) Special licenses, a fee of $50.00 per day, except that 23 the fee for that license or permit issued to any bona fide non- 24 profit association, duly organized and in continuous existence 25 for 1 year before the filing of its application, shall be 26 $25.00. Not more than 5 special licenses may be granted to any 02657'97 5 1 organization, including an auxiliary of the organization, in a 2 calendar year. 3 (s) Airlines licensed to carry passengers in this state, 4 which sell, offer for sale, provide, or transport alcoholic 5 liquor, $600.00. 6 (t) Brandy manufacturer, $100.00. 7 (u) Mixed spirit drink manufacturer, $100.00. 8 (v) Brewpub, $100.00. 9 (2) The fees provided in this act for the various types of 10 licenses shall not be prorated for a portion of the effective 11 period of the license. 12 Sec. 24. The following classes of vendors may sell alco- 13 holic liquors at retail as provided in this section: 14 (a) Taverns where beer and wine may be sold for consumption 15 on the premises only. 16 (b) Class C AND CASINO license where beer, wine, mixed 17 spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the 18 premises. 19 (c) Clubs where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits 20 may be sold for consumption on the premises only to bona fide 21 members, who have attained the age of 21 years. 22 (d) Class A hotels where beer and wine may be sold for con- 23 sumption on the premises and in the rooms of bona fide registered 24 guests. Class B hotels where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and 25 spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises and in the 26 rooms of bona fide registered guests. 02657'97 6 1 (e) Specially designated merchants, where beer and wine may 2 be sold for consumption off the premises only. 3 (f) Specially designated distributors where spirits and 4 mixed spirit drink may be sold for consumption off the premises 5 only. 6 (g) Special licenses where beer and wine or beer, wine, 7 mixed spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on 8 the premises only. 9 (h) Dining cars or other railroad or pullman cars, water- 10 craft, or aircraft, where alcoholic liquor may be sold for con- 11 sumption on the premises only, subject to rules promulgated by 12 the commission. 13 (i) Brewpubs where beer manufactured on the premises by the 14 licensee may be sold for consumption on or off the premises by 15 any of the following licensees: 16 (i) Class "C". 17 (ii) Tavern. 18 (iii) Class "A" hotel. 19 (iv) Class "B" hotel. 20 (j) Micro brewers where beer produced by the micro brewer 21 may be sold to a consumer for consumption on or off the brewery 22 premises. 02657'97 Final page. 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