SB-0559, As Passed Senate, February 19, 2004                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           SENATE BILL NO. 559                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"                                     

                                                                                

    by amending section 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2002 PA               

                                                                                

    725.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 513.  (1) The commission may issue to the governing                    

                                                                                

2   board of a college or university, without regard to the quota               

                                                                                

3   provisions of section 531, a license to sell alcoholic liquor for           

                                                                                

4   consumption on the premises of a conference center operated by              

                                                                                

5   the governing board.  Licenses granted under this subsection may            

                                                                                

6   be used only for the sale of alcoholic liquor at regularly                  

                                                                                

7   scheduled conference center activities.  The sale of alcoholic              

                                                                                

8   liquor to unscheduled patrons or at unscheduled events is                   

                                                                                

9   prohibited under this subsection.                                           

                                                                                

10      (2) Subject to the provisions of section 531, the commission                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   may issue a license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic           

                                                                                

2   liquor for consumption on the premises of a hotel located on land           

                                                                                

3   owned by central Michigan university if both of the following               

                                                                                

4   circumstances exist:                                                        

                                                                                

5       (a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a               

                                                                                

6   private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the hotel building           

                                                                                

7   and its fixtures.                                                           

                                                                                

8       (b) The hotel and land are located within an industrial,                    

                                                                                

9   research, or commercial development park established by the                 

                                                                                

10  governing board of central Michigan university.                             

                                                                                

11      (3) Licenses issued pursuant to this section are                            

                                                                                

12  nontransferable, and the licensee shall pay the fee required                

                                                                                

13  under section 525.                                                          

                                                                                

14      (4) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

15      (a) "College" or "university" means a 2-year or 4-year state                

                                                                                

16  supported institution of higher education.                                  

                                                                                

17      (b) "Conference center" means a building or portion of a                    

                                                                                

18  building, other than a student residence hall or student center,            

                                                                                

19  which has meeting rooms, banquet areas, social halls, overnight             

                                                                                

20  accommodations, and related facilities for special activities               

                                                                                

21  scheduled by the college or university, which in the judgment of            

                                                                                

22  the commission, has been regularly used for conferences and                 

                                                                                

23  lodging of guests.  The convocation center and the corporate                

                                                                                

24  education center at eastern Michigan university, the Kirkhof and            

                                                                                

25  Eberhard centers at Grand Valley state university, the Bernhard             

                                                                                

26  center at western Michigan university, the Wadsworth center at              

                                                                                

27  Michigan technological university, the West complex at Saginaw              


                                                                                

1   Valley state university, the conference center at Big Rapids, the           

                                                                                

2   applied technology center at Grand Rapids and the FSU-GR                    

                                                                                

3   conference center of Ferris state university, Grand Rapids junior           

                                                                                

4   college, the Waterman campus center at Schoolcraft college, the             

                                                                                

5   Mendel center at Lake Michigan community college, the McGregor              

                                                                                

6   memorial conference center at Wayne state university, the                   

                                                                                

7   Michigan state university management educational center, the                

                                                                                

8   Superior dome at northern Michigan university, Walker Cisler                

                                                                                

9   center at Lake Superior state university, the Marie Prahl college           

                                                                                

10  center, and the Great Lakes campus center at Mott community                 

                                                                                

11  college, the John T. Parsons and Frank L. Stulen Michigan                   

                                                                                

12  technical education center, the Gerald and Frances Oleson center,           

                                                                                

13  the Dennos museum center, and the Great Lakes campus at                     

                                                                                

14  northwestern Michigan college, and the farmhouse at Delta college           

                                                                                

15  are considered conference centers for the purposes of this act.