Act No. 130
Public Acts of 2017
Approved by the Governor
October 17, 2017
Filed with the Secretary of State
October 17, 2017
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 15, 2018
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
Introduced by Senators Warren, Hansen, Bieda, Brandenburg, Hune, Horn, O’Brien, Green, Rocca, Gregory, Hertel, Knezek, Ananich, Schuitmaker, Proos, Robertson, Pavlov, Hopgood, Hood, Kowall, Stamas, Casperson, Jones, Nofs, Marleau, MacGregor, Zorn and Schmidt
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 357
AN ACT to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “An act to create a commission for the control of the alcoholic beverage traffic within this state, and to prescribe its powers, duties, and limitations; to provide for powers and duties for certain state departments and agencies; to impose certain taxes for certain purposes; to provide for the control of the alcoholic liquor traffic within this state and to provide for the power to establish state liquor stores; to prohibit the use of certain devices for the dispensing of alcoholic vapor; to provide for the care and treatment of alcoholics; to provide for the incorporation of farmer cooperative wineries and the granting of certain rights and privileges to those cooperatives; to provide for the licensing and taxation of activities regulated under this act and the disposition of the money received under this act; to prescribe liability for retail licensees under certain circumstances and to require security for that liability; to provide procedures, defenses, and remedies regarding violations of this act; to provide for the enforcement and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to provide for allocation of certain funds for certain purposes; to provide for the confiscation and disposition of property seized under this act; to provide referenda under certain circumstances; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 609c.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 609c. (1) A manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203(19) or a wholesaler may refund to a retailer the amount the retailer paid for beer or wine, as applicable, or a manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203(19) or a wholesaler may replace that beer or wine for any of the following reasons:
(a) The beer or wine is outdated.
(b) The beer or wine is defective.
(c) An error in the beer or wine delivered.
(d) The beer or wine may no longer be lawfully sold.
(e) The termination of the retailer’s business.
(f) The formula, proof, label, or container of the beer or wine is changed.
(g) The beer or wine is discontinued.
(h) The retailer is only open a portion of the year and the beer or wine is likely to spoil during the off-season.
(2) If beer is within 30 days of its out-of-date code, a manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203(19) or a wholesaler may refund to a retailer the amount the retailer paid for the beer.
(3) A manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203(19) or a wholesaler may only issue a refund or replacement under this section for beer or wine that the manufacturer or wholesaler sold to the retailer.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor