May 3, 2005, Introduced by Senators SANBORN, GILBERT, OLSHOVE, BASHAM and GOSCHKA and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"
by amending section 229 (MCL 436.1229), as amended by 2004 PA 407.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 229. (1) The commission may license a hotel or merchant,
in places that the commission may designate, to sell spirits for
consumption
off the premises, notwithstanding section 233(1). If
Except as otherwise provided in this section, if alcoholic liquor
is sold by a specially designated distributor pursuant to a license
issued under this section, it shall not be sold at less than the
minimum retail selling price fixed by the commission and pursuant
to rules promulgated by the commission.
(2) The commission may, by rule or order, allow a specially
designated distributor to sell alcoholic liquor at less than the
minimum retail selling price in order to dispose of inventory at a
price and under conditions and procedures established through that
rule or order.
(3) (2)
As used in this section and in sections 1201, 1203,
1205, and 1207, "retail selling price" means the price the
commission pays for spirits plus the gross profit established in
section 233.
(4) (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.