SENATE BILL No. 643

 

 

October 23, 2013, Introduced by Senator JONES 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 533 (MCL 436.1533), as amended by 1998 PA 416.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 533. (1) A retail vendor licensed under this act to sell

 

for consumption on the premises may apply for a license as a

 

specially designated merchant. A specially designated distributor

 

may apply for a license as a specially designated merchant.

 

     (2) In cities, incorporated villages, or townships, the

 

commission shall issue only 1 specially designated distributor

 

license for each 3,000 of population, or fraction of 3,000. The

 

commission may waive the quota requirement may be waived at the

 

discretion of the commission if there is no existing specially

 

designated distributor licensee within 2 miles of the applicant,

 

measured along the nearest traffic route.


 

     (3) In cities, incorporated villages, or townships, the

 

commission shall issue only 1 specially designated merchant license

 

for each 1,500 of population, or fraction of 1,500. The commission

 

may waive the quota requirement if there is no existing specially

 

designated merchant licensee within 2 miles of the applicant,

 

measured along the nearest traffic route.

 

     (4) For purposes of this section, population shall be

 

determined by the last federal decennial census, by a special

 

census pursuant to section 6 of the home rule city act, 1909 PA

 

279, MCL 117.6, or section 7 of the Glenn Steil state revenue

 

sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.907, or by the latest

 

census and corrections published by the United States department of

 

commerce, bureau of the census, whichever is later.