2024 Senate Bill 804

Liquor: licenses; license to serve alcohol at Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center Complex; allow.

A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “Michigan liquor control code of 1998,” by amending section 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2024 PA 115.

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To permit the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor at various university-owned locations. These locations include conference centers, hotels, restaurants, golf course clubhouses, baseball stadiums, and additional specified facilities on lands owned by Michigan universities. The amendment also specifies facilities like the Arts and Cultural Center Complex at Macomb Community College, Meadow Brook Hall, and the John G. Kulhavi Events Center at Central Michigan University, highlighting the broad scope of university-affiliated premises eligible for liquor licenses. Licenses are subject to conditions like leasing land at fair market value and designating areas for development by the universities' governing boards, with specific conditions for baseball stadiums and other premises to ensure non-transferability of licenses and the payment of designated fees.

Introduced in the Senate

April 9, 2024

Introduced by Sen. Paul Wojno (D-10) and six co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Kevin Hertel (D-12), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11), Michael Webber (R-9), Stephanie Chang (D-3), Dan Lauwers (R-25) and Jeremy Moss (D-7)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

Nov. 14, 2024

Reported with substitute S-1

Nov. 26, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Dec. 4, 2024

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Dec. 5, 2024

Passed in the Senate 35 to 1 (details)

Received in the House

Dec. 10, 2024