Bill Text: MI HB6554 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Liquor; retail sales; sale of alcoholic beverages; establish a uniform retail selling price and modify markup percentage. Amends secs. 229 & 233 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1229 & 436.1233).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-10 - Printed Bill Filed 11/10/2010 [HB6554 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB6554-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6554
November 9, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Tlaib and Hammel and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"
by amending sections 229 and 233 (MCL 436.1229 and 436.1233),
section 229 as amended by 2005 PA 288.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 229. (1) The commission may license a hotel or merchant,
in places that the commission may designate, to sell spirits for
consumption off the premises, notwithstanding section 233(1).
Except as otherwise provided in this section, if alcoholic liquor
is sold by a specially designated distributor pursuant to a license
issued
under this section, it shall not be sold at less than the
minimum
a uniform retail selling price fixed by the commission and
pursuant to rules promulgated by the commission.
(2) The commission may, by rule or order, allow a specially
designated distributor to sell alcoholic liquor at less than the
minimum
uniform retail selling price fixed by the commission in
order to dispose of inventory at a price and under conditions and
procedures established through that rule or order.
(3) As used in this section and in sections 1201, 1203, 1205,
and 1207, "retail selling price" means the price the commission
pays
for spirits plus the gross profit established in section 233
233(1) and the retail markup as established in section 233(3).
(4)
As used in this section, "minimum retail selling price"
means
retail selling price plus the specific taxes imposed in
sections
1201, 1203, 1205, and 1207.
Sec. 233. (1) The commission shall establish uniform prices
for
the sale of alcoholic liquor in state liquor stores and by
specially designated distributors. The prices shall return a gross
profit
to the commission of not less than 51% and not greater than
65%
37%. If alcoholic liquor purchased by the commission
has not
met sales standards established by the commission for a period of 6
months, the commission may sell the alcoholic liquor at a price to
be approved by the state administrative board.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the commission may
establish by rule prices for the sale of alcoholic liquor to
hospitals, charitable institutions, and military establishments
located in this state.
(3)
There shall be allowed a discount of 17% deducted from the
sale
price a retail markup of 30%
of the commission's base price,
established
by the commission, on the sale of alcoholic liquor made
by
the state liquor stores to specially designated distributors and
establishments licensed to sell for consumption on the premises.
