SB-0331, As Passed Senate, June 1, 2011
April 14, 2011, Introduced by Senators HUNE, SMITH, PAPPAGEORGE and BRANDENBURG 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 229 (MCL 436.1229), as amended by 2005 PA 288;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 229. (1) The commission may license a hotel or merchant,
in places that the commission may designate, to sell spirits for
consumption off the premises, notwithstanding section 233(1).
Except as otherwise provided in this section, if alcoholic liquor
is
sold by a specially designated distributor pursuant to under a
license issued under this section, it shall not be sold at less
than the minimum retail selling price fixed by the commission and
pursuant
to under rules promulgated by the commission.
(2) The commission may, by rule or order, allow a specially
Senate Bill No. 331 as amended May 31, 2011
designated distributor to sell alcoholic liquor at less than the
minimum retail selling price in order to dispose of inventory at a
price and under conditions and procedures established through that
rule or order.
(3)
As used in this section and in sections 1201, 1203, 1205,
and 1207, "retail selling price" means the price the commission
pays for spirits plus the gross profit established in section 233.
(4) As used in this section, "minimum retail selling price"
means retail selling price plus the specific taxes imposed in
sections
1201, 1203, 1205, and 1207.
Enacting section 1. Section 1205 of the Michigan liquor
control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2205, is repealed.
<<Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect October 30, 2011.>>