HOUSE BILL No. 6048

 

June 24, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Koetje, Voorhees, Kooiman, Vander Veen, Hummel, Wenke, Pappageorge and Ward and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"                                     

                                                                                

    (MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 504.                           

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 504.  (1) A new application for a license to sell                      

                                                                                

2   alcoholic beverages at retail, or a request to transfer location            

                                                                                

3   of an existing license, shall be denied if the contemplated                 

                                                                                

4   location is within 500 feet of an establishment that provides               

                                                                                

5   entertainment involving nudity.  The distance between the                   

                                                                                

6   establishment and the contemplated location shall be measured               

                                                                                

7   along the center line of the street or streets of address between           

                                                                                

8   2 fixed points on the center line determined by projecting                  

                                                                                

9   straight lines, at right angles to the center line, from the part           

                                                                                

10  of the establishment nearest to the contemplated location and               

                                                                                

11  from the part of the contemplated location nearest to the                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   establishment.                                                              

                                                                                

2       (2) This section does not prevent the transfer of a license                 

                                                                                

3   to a location farther from an establishment that provides                   

                                                                                

4   entertainment involving nudity, if the license to be transferred            

                                                                                

5   is within the 500-foot radius.                                              

                                                                                

6       (3) As used in this section, "nudity" means that term as                    

                                                                                

7   defined in section 916(11)(a).