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MI HB5486

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/17/2016

Primary Sponsor

Julie Plawecki

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Origin

House of Representatives

98th Legislature

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Regulatory Reform3/17/2016

Full Bill Text

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