HOUSE BILL No. 6025


     September 15, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Scranton and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

   "Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

   by amending section 203 (MCL 436.1203).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 203.  (1) Except as provided in this section and sec-

 2    tion 301, a sale, delivery, or importation of alcoholic liquor,

 3    including alcoholic liquor for personal use, shall not be made in

 4    this state unless the sale, delivery, or importation is made by

 5    the commission, the commission's authorized agent or distributor,

 6    an authorized distribution agent approved by order of the commis-

 7    sion, a person licensed by the commission, or by prior written

 8    order of the commission.  All spirits for sale, use, storage, or

 9    distribution in this state, shall originally be purchased by and

10    imported into the state by the commission, or by prior written

11    authority of the commission.  This section shall not apply in the


   06318'98                                                 LBO
                                              2

 1    case of an alcoholic liquor brought into this state for personal

 2    or household use in an amount permitted by federal law by a

 3    person of legal age to purchase alcoholic liquor at the time of

 4    reentry into this state from without the territorial limits of

 5    the United States if the person has been outside the territorial

 6    limits of the United States for more than 48 hours and has not

 7    brought alcoholic liquor into the United States during the pre-

 8    ceding 30 days.

 9         (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person who is of legal

10    age to purchase alcoholic liquor may ANNUALLY import from another

11    state for that person's personal use not more than  312 ounces 

12    45 LITERS of  alcoholic liquor  WINE that contains less than

13     21%  16% alcohol by volume.































   06318'98          Final page.                            LBO