HB 5602 Summary

• Amends section 205 of the Michigan Liquor Control Code to clarify authorized distribution agent duties regarding warehousing and delivery of spirits to retail licensees across the state.

• Requires authorized distribution agents to maintain daily records of spirits received and delivered, and submit monthly reports to the commission by the 15th of the following month detailing inventory, shipments, losses, samples, and other distributions.

• Establishes that vendor representatives or salespersons providing sample bottles to retail licensees are responsible for paying specific taxes under chapter 12 at the time of taking possession of the samples.

• Adds new subsection (10) to section 1027 regarding taxation of spirits samples provided to retail licensees by vendor representatives and salespersons.

• Removes former subsections (11) and (12) requiring authorized distribution agents to make good faith efforts to employ former state employees terminated due to privatization of the liquor distribution system.