MI SB0512

Allows wholesalers to sell nonalcoholic beer (containing less than 0.5% alcohol) to brewers and micro brewers for sale at their tasting rooms, though purchasers cannot transfer the product to other licensees or locations

Permits alcoholic beverage vendors to provide philanthropic gifts and sponsorship payments to Michigan 2- or 4-year colleges and universities that hold retail licenses, provided gifts don't include alcohol and aren't contingent on alcohol purchases or sales

Authorizes illuminated advertising signs larger than 3,500 square inches at sports and entertainment venues on public university property from brewers, wine makers, distillers, and other alcohol manufacturers

Establishes escalating administrative fees ($50-$250) that wholesalers must charge retailers for dishonored payments, and requires a 14-day license suspension for retailers with 6 or more dishonored payments to a wholesaler within 12 consecutive months

Renames the grape and wine industry council as the Michigan craft beverage council and updates provisions for beer festival licensing, including allowing festivals to offer beer samples without charge