HB-5084, As Passed House, March 15, 2012
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5084
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"
by amending section 229 (MCL 436.1229), as amended by 2011 PA 166.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 229. (1) The commission may issue a hotel beer and wine
license to a hotel, in places that the commission designates, to
sell beer and wine at retail for consumption off the premises. The
applicant for a hotel beer and wine license shall, at the time of
filing the application, pay an annual fee equal to the fee for a
specially designated merchant under section 525(1)(j). A fee
charged under this section is subject to allocation under section
543.
(2)
(1) The commission may license a hotel or merchant, in
places
that the commission may designate designates, to sell
spirits for consumption off the premises, notwithstanding section
233(1). Except as otherwise provided in this section, if alcoholic
liquor is sold by a specially designated distributor under a
license issued under this section, it shall not be sold at less
than the minimum retail selling price fixed by the commission and
under rules promulgated by the commission.
(3) (2)
The commission may, by rule or
order, allow a
specially designated distributor to sell alcoholic liquor at less
than the minimum retail selling price in order to dispose of
inventory at a price and under conditions and procedures
established through that rule or order.
(4) (3)
As used in this section and in
sections 1201, 1203,
and 1207, "retail selling price" means the price the commission
pays for spirits plus the gross profit established in section 233.
(5) (4)
As used in this section, "minimum
retail selling
price" means retail selling price plus the specific taxes imposed
in sections 1201, 1203, and 1207.