October 17, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Franz, McMillin, Hooker, Jenkins, Kurtz, MacMaster, Glardon, Genetski, Price, Huuki and Horn and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"
(MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 903a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 903a. (1) The commission or a commissioner or duly
authorized agent of the commission designated by the chairperson of
the commission shall, upon due notice and proper hearing, revoke
any license of a licensee that has been found guilty in an
administrative disqualification hearing or convicted for an
unauthorized transaction for food assistance program benefits or
family independence program benefits administered under the social
welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, if that
unauthorized transaction is related to that licensee's liquor
license.
(2) The commission shall provide a procedure by which a
licensee who is aggrieved by any revocation of a license ordered by
the commission, a commissioner, or a duly authorized agent of the
commission may request a hearing for the purpose of presenting any
facts or reasons to the commission as to why the revocation should
be modified or rescinded. Any such request shall be in writing and
accompanied by a fee of $25.00. The commission, after reviewing the
record made before a commissioner or a duly authorized agent of the
commission, may allow or refuse to allow the hearing in accordance
with the commission's rules. The right to a hearing provided in
this subsection, however, shall not be interpreted by any court as
curtailing, removing, or annulling the right of the commission to
revoke licenses as provided for in this act. A licensee does not
have a right of appeal from the final determination of the
commission, except by leave of the circuit court. Notice of the
order of revocation of a license shall be given in the manner
prescribed by the commission.