HOUSE BILL No. 5401

 

February 15, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Tlaib, Constan, Santana, Jackson, Switalski, Brown, Barnett, Talabi, Durhal, Irwin, Ananich, Townsend, Cavanagh, Dillon, Nathan, Haugh, Olumba, Stanley, Lipton, Lindberg, Hobbs, Geiss, Hovey-Wright, Bauer, Howze and Rutledge 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 901 (MCL 436.1901), as amended by 2010 PA 175.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 901. (1) A person , directly or indirectly, himself or

 

herself or by his or her that person's clerk, agent, or employee ,

 

shall not directly or indirectly manufacture, manufacture for sale,

 

sell, offer or keep for sale, barter, furnish, import, import for

 

sale, transport for hire, transport, or possess any alcoholic

 

liquor unless the person complies with this act.

 

     (2) A licensee shall not allow unlawful gambling or any gaming

 

devices prohibited by law on the licensed premises. and shall not

 

allow on the licensed premises any gaming devices prohibited by

 

law.

 


     (3) A licensee shall not sell, offer or keep for sale,

 

furnish, possess, or allow a customer to consume alcoholic liquor

 

that is not authorized by the license issued to the licensee by the

 

commission.

 

     (4) A person, whether or not a licensee, shall not sell,

 

deliver, or import spirits unless the sale, delivery, or

 

importation is made by the commission, the commission's authorized

 

agent or distributor, an authorized distribution agent certified by

 

order of the commission, a person licensed by the commission, or by

 

prior written order of the commission. A person who violates this

 

subsection is subject to the sanctions and penalties contained in

 

section 909(4) and, in the case of a violation of section

 

909(4)(a), is subject to forfeiture of proceeds or an

 

instrumentality as provided for in chapter XXVA of the Michigan

 

penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.159f to 750.159x.

 

     (5) A licensee shall not sell or furnish alcoholic liquor to a

 

person who maintains, operates, or leases premises that are not

 

licensed by the commission and upon which other persons unlawfully

 

engage in the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor for

 

consideration as prohibited by section 913.

 

     (6) A retail licensee shall not, on his or her licensed

 

premises, sell, offer for sale, accept, furnish, possess, or allow

 

the consumption of alcoholic liquor that has not been purchased by

 

the retail licensee from the commission, the commission's

 

authorized agent or distributor, an authorized distribution agent

 

certified by order of the commission, or a licensee of the

 

commission authorized to sell that alcoholic liquor to a retail

 


licensee. This subsection does not apply to the consumption of

 

alcoholic liquor in the bedrooms or suites of registered guests of

 

licensed hotels or in the bedrooms or suites of bona fide members

 

of licensed clubs.

 

     (7) A licensee or that licensee's clerk, agent, or employee

 

shall not directly or indirectly engage in an act on the licensed

 

premises that would violate a state, federal, or local statute or

 

regulation that governs any of the following:

 

     (a) Minimum wage.

 

     (b) Overtime compensation.

 

     (c) Discrimination.

 

     (d) Occupational safety.

 

     (e) Sanitation and health requirements.

 

     (f) Retaliation under any of the laws listed in subdivisions

 

(a) to (e).