HOUSE BILL No. 4416

 

March 26, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Dianda, Zemke, Irwin, Hovey-Wright, Dillon, Heise, Phelps, Chirkun, Yanez, Crawford, Schor, Durhal, Jacobsen, Yonker, Greimel, Derek Miller, Webber, Callton, Tedder, LaFontaine, Singh, Iden, Brunner, Jenkins, Rutledge, Gay-Dagnogo, Faris, Clemente, Robinson, McCready, Plawecki, Lane, Chang, Brinks, Kosowski, Sheppard, Banks, Maturen, Smiley, Darany, Moss, Canfield, LaVoy, Hughes and Cochran and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

 

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

 

(MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 914a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 914a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),

 

a person shall not use or offer for use, possess, sell, or offer

 

for sale powdered alcohol. A person that violates this section is

 

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 909.

 

     (2) This section does not apply to a hospital that operates

 

primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research, a

 

state institution conducting bona fide research, a private college

 

or university conducting bona fide research, or a pharmaceutical

 

company or biotechnology company conducting bona fide research.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "powdered alcohol" means alcohol

 

that is sold in powder form for either direct use or


 

reconstitution.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.