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2020 PA 124 (Enrolled Senate Bill 942)

Amendment to the Michigan Liquor Control Code authorizing social districts and commons areas for outdoor alcohol service

Michigan Legislature (2020 PA 124, approved by the Governor) · Michigan (State)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
Michigan Liquor Control Code, MCL 436.1551 (as added)
Issued
2020-07-01 July 1, 2020
Effective
2020-07-01
End
In force (permanent statute; social district permits authorized through 2024) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Alcohol and barsOther
Addressees
  • on-premises licensees
  • local governmental units
  • Liquor Control Commission
Functions reached
  • BA bar and alcohol service (compelled relocation of service outdoors)
  • DR dining room
  • CB customers
Collection
Michigan MI

Operative words

Sec. 551. (1) The governing body of a local governmental unit may designate a social district that contains a commons area that may be used by qualified licensees that obtain a social district permit.... (2) Subject to subsection (3), the holder of a social district permit may sell alcoholic liquor for consumption in the commons area... (a) The holder of the social district permit only sells and serves alcoholic liquor on the holder's licensed premises... (b)... only serves alcoholic liquor to be consumed in the commons area in a container that... prominently displays the social district permittee's trade name or logo.

Enforcement

Liquor Control Commission licensing and enforcement

Notes

Enacted with 2020 PA 125 and 126 (cocktails-to-go) as the Legislature's response to the indoor-service closures; the statute itself recognizes that on-premises service was displaced outdoors.

Retrieval note

Legislature's enrolled act PDF.