SB-0344, As Passed House, May 12, 2016

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 344

     A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled

"Michigan liquor control code of 1998,"

by amending section 533 (MCL 436.1533), as amended by 1998 PA 416.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 533. (1) A retail vendor person may apply for a specially

designated merchant license without holding or applying for any

other license under this act.

     (2) An applicant for a class C, class A hotel, class B hotel,

class G-1, class G-2, tavern, or specially designated distributor

license or a retailer licensed under this act to sell for

consumption on the premises alcoholic liquor may apply for a

license as a specially designated merchant. A

     (3) An applicant for a specially designated distributor

merchant license not in conjunction with an on-premises license,

except as provided in section 229(1), or a person licensed under

this act as a specially designated merchant only or a class B hotel

may apply for a license as a specially designated

merchant.distributor.

     (4) In cities, incorporated villages, or townships, the

commission shall issue only 1 specially designated distributor

license for each 3,000 of population, or fraction of 3,000. The

commission may waive the quota requirement may be waived at the

discretion of the commission if there is no existing specially

designated distributor licensee within 2 miles of the applicant,

measured along the nearest traffic route.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 4895 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into

law.