ESCROWED LIQUOR LICENSES
House Bill 4232
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Koetje
Committee: Regulatory Reform
Complete to 4-14-03
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4232 AS INTRODUCED 2-13-03
Currently, a county with a population less than 500,000 or more than 700,000 may transfer an available on-premise escrowed liquor license from one governmental unit to another within that county. House Bill 4232 would amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code to remove the population restriction on the countywide transferability of escrowed liquor licenses. Thus, under the bill, escrowed liquor licenses could be transferred to any governmental unit within a county in all of the state's 83 counties. (Kent County, with a population of 574,335, is the only county that cannot transfer an escrowed liquor license countywide; an escrowed license can only be transferred to a location within the governmental unit to which it was originally issued.)
MCL 436.1531
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.