SENATE BILL No. 1168

November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senator WARREN 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 607 (MCL 436.1607), as amended by 2008 PA 218.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 607. (1) Except as provided in section ~~537(2),~~ 536(7)(h),

a warehouser, mixed spirit drink manufacturer, wholesaler, outstate

seller of beer, outstate seller of wine, outstate seller of mixed

spirit drink, or vendor of spirits shall not be licensed as a

specially designated merchant or a specially designated

distributor. A person licensed as a small distiller is not

considered to be a specially designated distributor. Beginning

December 23, 2007 and in addition to the persons described in this

subsection, a wine maker and a small wine maker shall also not be

licensed as a specially designated merchant or a specially

designated distributor. Any wine maker or small wine maker holding

a specially designated merchant or specially designated distributor

license on December 23, 2007 may continue to hold a specially

designated merchant or specially designated distributor license.

(2) A specially designated distributor or specially designated

merchant or any other retailer shall not hold a mixed spirit drink

manufacturer, wholesale, warehouse, outstate seller of beer,

outstate seller of mixed spirit drink, or outstate seller of wine

license. Beginning December 23, 2007, a specially designated

distributor or specially designated merchant shall not hold a wine

maker or small wine maker license in addition to being prohibited

from holding any other license described in this subsection. Any

specially designated distributor or specially designated merchant

holding a wine maker or small wine maker license on December 23,

2007 may continue to hold a wine maker or small wine maker license.

(3) A brewer, warehouser, or wholesaler shall not be licensed

as a specially designated merchant. This subsection does not affect

the operation of a brewery hospitality room.

(4) A wholesaler may sell or deliver beer and alcoholic liquor

to hospitals, military establishments, governments of federal

Indian reservations, and churches requiring sacramental wines and

may sell to the wholesaler's own employees to a limit of 2 cases of

24 12-ounce units or its equivalent of malt beverage per week, or 1

case of 12 1-liter units or its equivalent of wine or mixed spirit

drink per week.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

enacted into law: