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MI HB5486
Bill
Status
3/17/2016
Primary Sponsor
Julie Plawecki
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the Michigan Liquor Control Commission from requiring licensees to sell or serve food to purchasers of alcoholic liquor, or from requiring class A or B hotels to provide food services to guests or the public.
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Allows consumers who purchase wine at on-premises establishments to remove partially consumed bottles from the premises if properly recapped by staff, with the cap level to the bottle's lip.
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Permits class A and B resort hotels to allow guests and invitees to bring in and consume alcoholic liquor purchased from off-premises retailers on hotel property.
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Authorizes on-premises licensees to allow consumers to bring wine produced by winemakers in sealed original containers and consume it on-site, with the ability to charge a corkage fee; partially consumed bottles may be removed if recapped by staff.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment and is conditioned on the passage of House Bill 5485 or a companion Senate bill.
Legislative Description
Liquor; licenses; purchaser removing alcoholic liquor sold by vendor for consumption on the premises under certain conditions; expand. Amends sec. 1021 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.2021). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5485'16
Liquor: licenses
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/17/2016
3/22/2016