Bill Text: MI SB1219 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Liquor; licenses; sale of alcoholic beverages at university conference centers; expand. Amends sec. 513 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1513).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - Assigned Pa 0479'18 With Immediate Effect [SB1219 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB1219-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1219
November 27, 2018, Introduced by Senator ROCCA 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 2009 PA 48.
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 Central Michigan university 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 Central Michigan university.University.
(3)
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 licensed premises of a restaurant
located
on land owned by Wayne state university 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 licensed
premises for the operation of a restaurant.
(b) The restaurant is located within an area designated for
industrial, research, or commercial development by the governing
board
of Wayne state university.State
University.
(4)
Licenses issued pursuant to under
this section are
nontransferable, and the licensee shall pay the fee required under
section 525.
(5) 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
that has meeting rooms, banquet areas, social halls,
overnight accommodations, and related facilities for special
activities
scheduled by the college or university, which and that,
in the judgment of the commission, has been regularly used for
conferences and lodging of guests. All of the following are
considered conference centers for the purpose of this act:
(i) The convocation center and the corporate education center
at
eastern Pease Auditorium,
and McKenny Hall at Eastern Michigan
university,
the University.
(ii) The Kirkhof
and Eberhard centers Centers
at Grand Valley
state
university, the State
University.
(iii) The Bernhard
center Center and Heritage
Hall Alumni
Center
at western Western Michigan
university, the University.
(iv) The Wadsworth
center Center at Michigan technological
university,
the Technological University.
(v) The West
complex Complex, Fredericks
Sculpture Museum, and
Alumni
Building at Saginaw Valley state
university, the conference
center
State University.
(vi) The Conference Center at Big Rapids, the applied
technology
center Applied Technology
Center at Grand Rapids, and the
FSU-GR
conference center Conference
Center of Ferris state
university,
State University, Grand Rapids junior college, the
Junior College.
(vii) The Waterman
campus center Campus
Center at Schoolcraft
college,
the College.
(viii) The Mendel
center Center at Lake Michigan community
college,
the Community College.
(ix) The McGregor
memorial conference center Memorial
Conference
Center at Wayne state university,
the State University.
(x) The Michigan
state university management educational
center,
the State University
Management Educational Center.
(xi) The Superior
dome Dome at northern Northern Michigan
university,
the University.
(xii) The Walker
Cisler center Center at Lake Superior state
university,
the State University.
(xiii) The Marie
Prahl college center College
Center at Mott
community
college, the Community
College.
(xiv) The John T. Parsons and Frank L. Stulen Michigan
technical
education center, Technical
Education Center, the Gerald
and
Frances Oleson center, Center,
the Dennos museum center, Museum
Center,
and the Great Lakes campus Campus at
northwestern
Northwestern
Michigan college, the farmhouse College.
(xv) The Farmhouse at Delta college, the College.
(xvi) The Oakland
community college culinary studies institute
,
and the performing arts Community
College Culinary Studies
Institute.
(xvii) The Performing Arts and cultural center complex
Cultural
Center Complex at Macomb community
college are considered
conference
centers for the purposes of this act.Community College.
