HOUSE BILL No. 5260

 

 

November 28, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Barrett, Bellino, Lower, Webber, Tedder, Leutheuser, Inman, Marino, Hughes, Vaupel, Bizon, Farrington, Frederick, LaFave, Hauck, VanderWall, Hornberger, Alexander, VanSingel, Lucido, Wentworth, Albert, Hoitenga, Liberati, Allor, Crawford, Griffin, Miller, Chirkun, Robinson and Yanez 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 532 (MCL 436.1532), as added by 2001 PA 223.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 532. (1) A club license allows the licensee to sell, for

 

consumption on the licensed premises, beer, wine, mixed spirit

 

drink, and spirits only to bona fide members of the club who have

 

attained the age of 21 years. Except as otherwise provided in

 

subsection (2), the commission shall not issue a license to a club

 

unless the club has been in existence for a period of not less than

 


2 years before the application for the license. As used in this

 

subsection, "bona fide members" means members of the club and

 

includes members of any affiliated, subsidiary, or parent

 

organization.

 

     (2) Public notice of the intent of the commission to issue the

 

club license shall must be given by publication in some a newspaper

 

published or in general circulation within the local governmental

 

unit at least 10 days before the issuance of commission issues the

 

license. A club that is a chapter of a national organization that

 

has had a license for 10 or more years may apply for a license

 

without a waiting period. Public notice of the commission's intent

 

to renew the club license is not required.

 

     (3) Except in the case of for a club paying a maximum fee,

 

within 10 days after February 1 of each year the club shall file

 

with the commission a list of names and residences of its members

 

and make a similar filing of the name and residence with the

 

commission within 10 days after the election of an additional

 

member. The annual filing shall must also include a statement that

 

the club's annual aggregate membership fees or dues and other

 

income, exclusive of the proceeds from the sale of alcoholic

 

liquor, are sufficient to defray the annual rental of its leased or

 

rented premises or, if the premises are owned by the club, are

 

sufficient to meet the taxes, insurance, repairs, and interest on a

 

mortgage on the premises.

 

     (4) The affairs and management of the club shall must be

 

conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar

 

body chosen by the members. A member, officer, agent, or employee


of the club shall must not be paid, or directly or indirectly

 

receive in the form of salary or other compensation, profits from

 

the disposition of alcoholic liquor to the club or to the members

 

of the club, beyond the amount of salary fixed and voted at

 

meetings by the members or by its directors or other governing body

 

and as reported by the club to the commission, within 3 months

 

after the meeting.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.