November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senator ROCCA 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 411 (MCL 436.1411), as amended by 2014 PA 44.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 411. (1) Subject to the requirements of this section and
section 537, a brewer or micro brewer may sell beer it manufactured
for consumption on or off the premises at an approved tasting room
under section 536 if the tasting room is located on licensed
brewery premises where the brewer or micro brewer manufactures.
(2) The sale of beer under subsection (1) is subject to all of
the following limitations:
(a) A brewer that is not licensed as a micro brewer may sell
its
beer for on-premises consumption at not more than 2 locations
approved
tasting rooms in this state. that
are on any of its
licensed
brewery premises where the brewer engages in the
production
of beer.
(b) A licensed micro brewer that produces in total fewer than
30,000 barrels of beer per year may sell its beer for on-premises
consumption
at any location of its approved
tasting rooms in this
state. that
is on any of its licensed brewery premises where the
micro
brewer engages in the production of beer.
(c) A licensed micro brewer that produces in total 30,000
barrels of beer or more per year may sell its beer for on-premises
consumption
at not more than 3 locations approved
tasting rooms in
this
state. that are on any of its licensed brewery premises
where
the
micro brewer engages in the production of beer.
(3) (2)
Subject to the limitations in
subsection (1), (2), if
a brewer or micro brewer has more than 1 licensed brewery premises,
that
brewer or micro brewer may sell for on-premises consumption
beer that it has produced at 1 licensed brewery premises at an
approved tasting room located on any of its other licensed brewery
premises if 1 of the following requirements is met:
(a) The licensed brewery premises that receives the beer, on
which the approved tasting room is located, has an installed and
functional multivessel system capable of producing and fermenting
at least 3 barrels of wort in a single batch.
(b) The licensed brewery premises that receives the beer, on
which the approved tasting room is located, produces a volume of
beer equivalent to 50% of the volume of beer sold to consumers at
that tasting room.
(c) The licensed brewery premises that receives the beer, on
which the approved tasting room is located, submitted an
application for licensure at that location before October 1, 2018.
(3)
As used in this section, "engages in the production of
beer"
means the full and complete brewing process and not just a
portion
of the brewing process.
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. 1164.
(b) Senate Bill No. 1165.
(c) Senate Bill No. 1160
(d) Senate Bill No. 1159.
(e) Senate Bill No. 1166.
(f) Senate Bill No. 1155.
(g) Senate Bill No. 1161.
(h) Senate Bill No. 1156.