HB-4939, As Passed House, September 20, 2017

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4939

A bill to amend 2017 PA 89, entitled

"An act to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "An act to create a

commission for the control of the alcoholic beverage traffic within

this state, and to prescribe its powers, duties, and limitations;

to provide for powers and duties for certain state departments and

agencies; to impose certain taxes for certain purposes; to provide

for the control of the alcoholic liquor traffic within this state

and to provide for the power to establish state liquor stores; to

prohibit the use of certain devices for the dispensing of alcoholic

vapor; to provide for the care and treatment of alcoholics; to

provide for the incorporation of farmer cooperative wineries and

the granting of certain rights and privileges to those

cooperatives; to provide for the licensing and taxation of

activities regulated under this act and the disposition of the

money received under this act; to prescribe liability for retail

licensees under certain circumstances and to require security for

that liability; to provide procedures, defenses, and remedies

regarding violations of this act; to provide for the enforcement

and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to provide

for allocation of certain funds for certain purposes; to provide

for the confiscation and disposition of property seized under this

act; to provide referenda under certain circumstances; and to

repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section 703 (MCL

436.1703), as amended by 2016 PA 357,"

by amending enacting section 1.