January 23, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Hammon, Meisner, Hammel and Clack and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"
by amending section 537 (MCL 436.1537), as amended by 2005 PA 269.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 537. (1) The following classes of vendors may sell
alcoholic liquors at retail as provided in this section:
(a) Taverns where beer and wine may be sold for consumption on
the premises only.
(b) Class C license where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and
spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises.
(c) Clubs where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and spirits
may be sold for consumption on the premises only to bona fide
members where consumption is limited to these members and their
bona fide guests, who have attained the age of 21 years.
(d) Direct shippers where wine may be sold and shipped
directly to the consumer.
(e) Hotels of class A where beer and wine may be sold for
consumption on the premises and in the rooms of bona fide
registered guests. Hotels of class B where beer, wine, mixed spirit
drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises and
in the rooms of bona fide registered guests.
(f) Specially designated merchants, where beer and wine may be
sold for consumption off the premises only.
(g) Specially designated distributors where spirits and mixed
spirit drink may be sold for consumption off the premises only.
(h) Special licenses where beer and wine or beer, wine, mixed
spirit drink, and spirits may be sold for consumption on the
premises only.
(i) Dining cars or other railroad or Pullman cars, watercraft,
or aircraft, where alcoholic liquor may be sold for consumption on
the premises only, subject to rules promulgated by the commission.
(j) Brewpubs where beer manufactured on the premises by the
licensee may be sold for consumption on or off the premises by any
of the following licensees:
(i) Class C.
(ii) Tavern.
(iii) Class A hotel.
(iv) Class B hotel.
(k) Micro brewers and brewers selling less than 200,000
barrels of beer per year where beer produced by the micro brewer or
brewer may be sold to a consumer for consumption on or off the
brewery premises.
(l) Class G-1 license where beer, wine, mixed spirit drink, and
spirits may be sold for consumption on the premises only to members
required to pay an annual membership fee and consumption is limited
to these members and their bona fide guests.
(m) Class G-2 license where beer and wine may be sold for
consumption on the premises only to members required to pay an
annual membership fee and consumption is limited to these members
and their bona fide guests.
(n) Motorsports event license where beer and wine may be sold
for consumption on the premises during sanctioned motorsports
events only.
(o) Wine maker where wine may be sold by direct shipment, at
retail on the licensed premises, and as provided for in subsections
(2) and (3).
(2) A wine maker may sell wine made by that wine maker in a
restaurant for consumption on or off the premises if the restaurant
is owned by the wine maker or operated by another person under an
agreement approved by the commission and located on the premises
where the wine maker is licensed.
(3) A wine maker, with the prior written approval of the
commission, may conduct wine tastings of wines made by that wine
maker and may sell the wine made by that wine maker for consumption
off the premises at a location other than the premises where the
wine maker is licensed to manufacture wine, under the following
conditions:
(a) The premises upon which the wine tasting occurs conforms
to local and state sanitation requirements.
(b) Payment of a $100.00 fee per location is made to the
commission.
(c) The wine tasting locations shall be considered licensed
premises.
(d) Wine tasting does not take place between the hours of 2
a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Saturday, or between 2 a.m. and 12
noon on Sunday.
(e) The premises and the licensee comply with and are subject
to all applicable rules promulgated by the commission.
(4) A wine maker, with the prior written approval of the
commission and not more than 4 times per year, may conduct wine
tastings of wines made by that wine maker, for a nominal charge if
desired, and may also sell the wine made by that wine maker for
consumption on the premises at a location other than the premises
where the wine maker is licensed to manufacture wine, under the
following conditions:
(a) The premises upon which the wine tasting occurs conform to
state and local sanitation requirements.
(b) Payment of a $100.00 fee per location is made to the
commission.
(c) The wine tasting locations shall be considered licensed
premises.
(d) Wine tasting does not take place between the hours of 2
a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Saturday or between 2 a.m. and 12
noon on Sunday.
(e) The premises and the licensee comply with and are subject
to all applicable rules promulgated by the commission.