Act No. 200

Public Acts of 2020

Approved by the Governor

October 15, 2020

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 15, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2020

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2020

Introduced by Senator Hertel

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1067

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,” by amending section 303a (MCL 436.1303a), as added by 2018 PA 155.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 303a. (1) The Michigan craft beverage council fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the Michigan craft beverage council fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the Michigan craft beverage council fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the Michigan craft beverage council fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the Michigan craft beverage council fund at the close of the fiscal year must remain in the fund and must not lapse to the general fund. However, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, $476,500.00 of the money in the Michigan craft beverage council fund is transferred to and must be deposited into the general fund.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), money from the Michigan craft beverage council fund must be expended annually, on appropriation, for the following:

(a) Not more than $80,000.00 may be used by the department of agriculture and rural development to administer the grants program under section 303.

(b) Not less than 50% of the money that is expended after the expenditure under subdivision (a) may be used for grants under section 303(7)(a).

(c) For grants under section 303(7)(b).

(d) For the Michigan craft beverage council to carry out its responsibilities under this act.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), if the Michigan craft beverage council receives money under section 303(9)(a), the money may be expended for the purposes and subject to the conditions for which it was received.

(6) As used in this section, “Michigan craft beverage council” means the Michigan craft beverage council created in section 303.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

 

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor