Act No. 26

Public Acts of 2020

Approved by the Governor

February 4, 2020

Filed with the Secretary of State

February 4, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 4, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2020

Introduced by Senator Moss

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 588

AN ACT to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “An act to create a commission for the control of the alcoholic beverage traffic within this state, and to prescribe its powers, duties, and limitations; to provide for powers and duties for certain state departments and agencies; to impose certain taxes for certain purposes; to provide for the control of the alcoholic liquor traffic within this state and to provide for the power to establish state liquor stores; to prohibit the use of certain devices for the dispensing of alcoholic vapor; to provide for the care and treatment of alcoholics; to provide for the incorporation of farmer cooperative wineries and the granting of certain rights and privileges to those cooperatives; to provide for the licensing and taxation of activities regulated under this act and the disposition of the money received under this act; to prescribe liability for retail licensees under certain circumstances and to require security for that liability; to provide procedures, defenses, and remedies regarding violations of this act; to provide for the enforcement and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to provide for allocation of certain funds for certain purposes; to provide for the confiscation and disposition of property seized under this act; to provide referenda under certain circumstances; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303) by adding section 609d.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 609d. A specially designated distributor that sells spirits to a special licensee that is authorized by the commission to sell spirits may refund the special licensee for the return of an unopened bottle in the same amount that the special licensee paid for the spirits, less any of the specially designated distributor’s credit card transaction fees incurred from the sale, if the bottle is without damage to the exterior that would prevent the salability of the bottle.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

 

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor