Bill Text: MI HB4811 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Liquor; licenses; license to serve alcohol on certain premises of Wayne state university; allow under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 513 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1513).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-22 - Printed Bill Filed 04/22/2009 [HB4811 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4811-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4811

 

April 21, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Womack, Cushingberry, Jackson, Tlaib, Espinoza, Lahti, Bettie Scott, Young, Robert Jones, Stanley, Bledsoe, Nathan, Lemmons, Miller, Huckleberry, Leland, Dean and Johnson and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

 

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

 

by amending section 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2007 PA 11.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 513. (1) The commission may issue to the governing board

 

of a college or university, without regard to the quota provisions

 

of section 531, a license to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption

 

on the premises of a conference center operated by the governing

 

board. Licenses granted under this subsection may be used only for

 

the sale of alcoholic liquor at regularly scheduled conference

 

center activities. The sale of alcoholic liquor to unscheduled

 

patrons or at unscheduled events is prohibited under this

 

subsection.

 

     (2) Subject to the provisions of section 531, the commission

 

may issue a license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic

 

liquor for consumption on the premises of a hotel located on land

 

owned by central Michigan university if both of the following

 

circumstances exist:

 

     (a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a

 

private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the hotel building

 

and its fixtures.

 

     (b) The hotel and land are located within an industrial,

 

research, or commercial development park established by the

 

governing board of central Michigan university.

 

     (3) The commission may issue a license to a private entity for

 

the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the licensed

 

premises of a restaurant located on land owned by Wayne state

 

university if both of the following circumstances exist:

 

     (a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a

 

private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the restaurant.

 

     (b) The restaurant is located within an area designated for

 

industrial, research, or commercial development by the governing

 

board of Wayne state university.

 

     (4) (3) Licenses issued pursuant to this section are

 

nontransferable, and the licensee shall pay the fee required under

 

section 525.

 

     (5) (4) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "College" or "university" means a 2-year or 4-year state

 

supported institution of higher education.

 

     (b) "Conference center" means a building or portion of a

 

building, other than a student residence hall or student center,

 

which has meeting rooms, banquet areas, social halls, overnight

 

accommodations, and related facilities for special activities

 

scheduled by the college or university, which in the judgment of

 

the commission, has been regularly used for conferences and lodging

 

of guests. The convocation center and the corporate education

 

center at eastern Michigan university, the Kirkhof and Eberhard

 

centers at Grand Valley state university, the Bernhard center at

 

western Michigan university, the Wadsworth center at Michigan

 

technological university, the West complex at Saginaw Valley state

 

university, the conference center at Big Rapids, the applied

 

technology center at Grand Rapids and the FSU-GR conference center

 

of Ferris state university, Grand Rapids junior college, the

 

Waterman campus center at Schoolcraft college, the Mendel center at

 

Lake Michigan community college, the McGregor memorial conference

 

center at Wayne state university, the Michigan state university

 

management educational center, the Superior dome at northern

 

Michigan university, the Walker Cisler center at Lake Superior

 

state university, the Marie Prahl college center at Mott community

 

college, the John T. Parsons and Frank L. Stulen Michigan technical

 

education center, the Gerald and Frances Oleson center, the Dennos

 

museum center, and the Great Lakes campus at northwestern Michigan

 

college, the farmhouse at Delta college, the Oakland community

 

college culinary studies institute, and the performing arts and

 

cultural center complex at Macomb community college are considered

 

conference centers for the purposes of this act.