HB-4458, As Passed House, October 29, 2003

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4458

                                                                             A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled                                              

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"                                     

by amending section 229 (MCL 436.1229).                                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 229.  (1) The commission may license a hotel or                        

2   merchant, in places that the commission may designate, to sell              

3   spirits for consumption off the premises, notwithstanding section           

4   233(1).  If alcoholic liquor is sold by a specially designated              

5   distributor pursuant to a license issued under this section it              

6   shall not be sold at  a less than the minimum retail selling

7   price fixed by the commission and pursuant to rules promulgated             

8   by the commission.                                                          

9   (2) As used in this section and in sections 1201, 1203, 1205,               

10  and 1207, "retail selling price" means the price the commission             

11  pays for spirits plus the gross profit established in section               

House Bill No. 4458 (H-2) as amended October 29, 2003

1    233.

[(3) As used in this section, "minimum retail selling price" means retail selling price plus the specific taxes imposed in sections 1201, 1203, 1205, and 1207.]