Bill Text: MI SB0502 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Liquor; licenses; license to serve alcohol at certain community colleges and universities; allow. Amends 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1101 - 436.2303) by adding sec. 513a.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-13 - Assigned Pa 0249'11 With Immediate Effect [SB0502 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0502-Engrossed.html
SB-0502, As Passed House, October 27, 2011
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 502
A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled
"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"
(MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 513a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 513a. (1) Beginning October 1, 2011, the commission may
issue to the governing board of a community college or university
that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency as
determined by the United States secretary of education under 20 USC
1099b and that operates an accredited culinary or hospitality
program, without regard to the quota provisions of section 531, a
license to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption at the community
college's or university's culinary or hospitality program's
location for activities that further the community college's or
university's community or academic mission.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), the sale
of alcoholic liquor to patrons at a location other than the
community college's or university's culinary or hospitality
program's location or at activities that do not further the
community college's or university's community or academic mission,
including, but not limited to, public and private gatherings or
meetings that do not have a direct correlation to the community
college's or university's community or academic mission, is
prohibited under this section.
(3) To obtain a license under this section, a community
college or university shall submit both of the following to the
commission:
(a) Documentation verifying that the community college or
university is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting
agency as determined by the United States secretary of education
under 20 USC 1099b.
(b) Either of the following:
(i) Documentation verifying that the community college's or
university's culinary or hospitality program is accredited by a
regionally recognized accrediting body.
(ii) Within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory
act that added this section, a copy of the community college's or
university's application to a regionally recognized accrediting
body for accreditation of its culinary or hospitality program.
(4) The commission shall cancel a license issued under this
section if, within 2 years of applying for a license under this
section, the community college's or university's culinary or
hospitality program is not accredited by a regionally recognized
accrediting body, unless the community college or university
demonstrates good cause for an extension of time to obtain
accreditation by a regionally recognized accrediting body.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), a liquor
license issued under this section shall be granted and registered
to the community college's or university's culinary or hospitality
program's location.
(6) A liquor license issued under this section shall be used
by the community college or university and not by a private entity.
(7) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a license
to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for
consumption on the premises of an outdoor stadium located on land
owned by Lake Michigan college and leased to a private entity. The
prohibition in section 531(7) on licenses at outdoor stadiums does
not apply to a license issued under this subsection.
(8) A community college or university that holds a liquor
license under this section shall not obtain a catering permit under
section 547.
(9) As used in this section:
(a) "Community college" means a community college established
under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to
389.195.
(b) "University" means a public university described in
section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of
1963.
