HOUSE BILL No. 4475

 

March 19, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Franz 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 509 (MCL 436.1509).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 509. (1) The commission may issue, without regard to the

 

quota provisions of section 531, licenses to a commission, board,

 

or authority, governing or operating any municipal civic center or

 

civic auditorium or to 1 or more of its concessionaires, or to

 

both, if the all of the following apply:

 

     (a) The center or auditorium is within a city or township

 

having a population of not less than 9,500, if the 5,000.

 

     (b) The center or auditorium is owned and operated as a

 

municipal enterprise. and if the

 

     (c) The legislative body of the municipality first authorizes


 

the operating authority of the civic center or civic auditorium or

 

its concessionaire to apply to the commission for a license.

 

     (2) Licenses issued under this section shall are not be

 

transferable, shall not be issued to an educational institution or

 

for a facility operated in connection with an educational

 

institution, and shall authorize the sale of alcoholic liquor only

 

in connection with a scheduled event at the licensed premises.