CLUB LICENSE: BONA FIDE MEMBERS                                                      S.B. 662 (S-1):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 662 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

Sponsor:  Senator Rick Jones

Committee:  Regulatory Reform

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code to define "bona fide members" as that term pertains to the sale of alcohol under a club license. 

A club license allows the licensee to sell, for consumption on licensed premises, beer, wine, mixed spirit drinks, and spirits only to bona fide members of the club who have attained the age of 21 years.

Under the bill, "bona fide members" would mean individuals admitted as a charter member or admitted in accordance with the bylaws of the club, who maintain current membership by the payment of annual dues, whose name and address are entered on the list of members, and who have voting rights to regularly elect the board of directors, officers, executive committee, or similar body that conducts the affairs and management of the club.

For an incorporated or unincorporated nonprofit veterans' organization that is a branch or charter of a national organization or an organization chartered by the U.S. Congress, a bona fide member would include a member of another branch or chapter who possesses an ID card indicating current membership in the same national or congressionally chartered veterans' organization. 

For a branch, chapter, lodge, aerie, or other local unit of a national fraternal nonprofit association that was exempt from Federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(8) or 501(c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code, a bona fide member would include a member of another branch, chapter, lodge, aerie, or other local unit who possessed an ID card indicating current membership in the same national fraternal nonprofit association.

MCL 436.1532                                                         Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  12-7-17                                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Josh Sefton

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.