HOUSE BILL No. 6535

 

 

November 27, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Cole and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.

 

     A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

 

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

 

by amending section 1029 (MCL 436.2029), as added by 2010 PA 175.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1029. (1) The commission, by promulgation of a rule,

 

issuance of an order, or execution of a memorandum of understanding

 

with the department of treasury, or any combination thereof, of

 

rules, orders, or memoranda of understanding, may allow the conduct

 

by a manufacturer or outstate seller of spirits of a preapproved

 

program for marketing spirits by inclusion of nonalcoholic

 

carbonated beverages to be packaged with spirits.

 

     (2) The commission may, in conjunction with the department of

 

treasury, adopt a program that disallows the redemption of

 

returnable containers from the commission but otherwise allows


redemption of Michigan-sold returnable containers at other venues,

 

and shall allow for a system of appropriate allocation of funds

 

under 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to 445.576, by means of the issuance

 

of an order or by adoption of a rule. This subsection does not

 

apply after December 31, 2025.

 

     (3) (2) The commission shall provide for a system of non-mail-

 

in or instant coupon transactions that does not diminish the spirit

 

product margins allocated to the state under this act by means of

 

the issuance of an order or by adoption of a rule.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6532 (request no.

 

03419'17).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6533 (request no.

 

03419'17 a).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6534 (request no.

 

03419'17 b).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6536 (request no.

 

03419'17 d).