Liquor: licenses; license to serve alcohol at certain college venues; allow, the official text

Act
No. 41

Public
Acts of 2025

Approved
by the Governor

December
23, 2025

Filed
with the Secretary of State

December
23, 2025

EFFECTIVE
DATE:  Sine Die

(91st day after final adjournment of the 2025 Regular Session)

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2025

Introduced by Reps. Aragona, Bierlein, Kunse, Robinson,
DeBoyer, St. Germaine, Harris, Kuhn, Mentzer, Greene, Wozniak, McFall, BeGole,
McKinney, Edwards, Liberati and Xiong

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4065

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 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2024 PA 115.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec.
513. (1) The commission may issue to the governing board of a college or
university, without regard to the quota provisions of section 531, a license to
sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises of a conference center
operated by the governing board. Licenses granted under this subsection may be
used only for the sale of alcoholic liquor at regularly scheduled conference
center activities. The sale of alcoholic liquor to unscheduled patrons or at
unscheduled events is prohibited under this subsection.

(2) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the premises of a hotel located on land owned by Central Michigan University if
both of the following circumstances exist:

(a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a
private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the hotel building and its
fixtures.

(b) The hotel and land are located within an industrial,
research, or commercial development park established by the governing board of
Central Michigan University.

(3) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the licensed premises of a restaurant located on land owned by Wayne State
University if both of the following circumstances exist:

(a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a
private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the licensed premises for the
operation of a restaurant.

(b) The restaurant is located within an area designated for
industrial, research, or commercial development by the governing board of Wayne
State University.

(4) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the licensed premises of a restaurant located on land owned by Western Michigan
University if both of the following circumstances exist:

(a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a
private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the licensed premises for the
operation of a restaurant.

(b) The restaurant is located within an area designated
industrial, research, or commercial development by the governing board of
Western Michigan University.

(5) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue to the
governing board of Northern Michigan University a license for the sale of
alcoholic liquor for consumption on the licensed premises of a restaurant
located on land owned and operated by Northern Michigan University if both of
the following apply:

(a) The license was originally acquired on the open market at
fair market value.

(b) The restaurant is located within an area designated for
community development or conference activities by the governing board of
Northern Michigan University.

(6) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a golf course clubhouse and any adjacent outdoor service area owned
or operated by a college or university for the sale of alcoholic liquor for
consumption on the premises of the golf course clubhouse and any adjacent
outdoor service area.

(7) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the premises of a baseball stadium located on land owned by Eastern Michigan
University if the baseball stadium and adjacent outdoor service area is leased
or subleased at fair market value during the summer period between the end of
the university’s spring term and the beginning of its fall term.

(8) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the licensed premises of a restaurant located on land owned by Eastern Michigan
University if all of the following circumstances exist:

(a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to a
private entity that owns, leases, or subleases the licensed premises for the
operation of a restaurant.

(b) The restaurant is located within an area designated for
industrial, research, or commercial development by the governing board of
Eastern Michigan University.

(c) The license was originally acquired on the open market at
fair market value.

(9) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the premises of a baseball stadium located on land owned by Oakland University
if the baseball stadium and adjacent outdoor service area is leased or
subleased at fair market value during the summer period between the end of the
university’s spring term and the beginning of its fall term.

(10) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue to the
governing board of Lake Superior State University a license for the sale of
alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises that are located on land
owned and operated by Lake Superior State University if both of the following
apply:

(a) The license was originally acquired on the open market at
fair market value.

(b) The land is located within an area designated for
community development or conference activities by the governing board of Lake
Superior State University.

(11) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue to the
governing board of Macomb Community College a license for the sale of alcoholic
liquor for consumption on licensed premises that are located at the Expo Center
Complex and the John Lewis Student Community Center if the license was
originally acquired on the open market at fair market value.

(12) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue to the
governing board of Wayne County Community College a license for the sale of
alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises that are located at the
Wayne County Community College District Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center if
the license was originally acquired on the open market at fair market value.

(13) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue a
license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on
the licensed premises of a restaurant located on land owned by Schoolcraft
College if all of the following circumstances exist:

(a) The land is leased or subleased at fair market value to
the private entity that leases or subleases the licensed premises for the
operation of a restaurant. The licensed premises described in this subsection
must be located within or directly adjacent to the licensed premises of the
grocery store described in section 533(14).

(b) The private entity described in this subsection is the
same private entity described in section 533(14).

(c) The restaurant is located within an area designated for
industrial, research, or commercial development by the governing board of
Schoolcraft College.

(d) The license was originally acquired on the open market at
fair market value.

(14) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue to the
governing board of Washtenaw County Community College a license for the sale of
alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises that are located at the
Morris Lawrence Building if the license was originally acquired on the open
market at fair market value.

(15) Subject to section 531, the commission may issue to the
governing board of Henry Ford College a license for the sale of alcoholic
liquor for consumption on licensed premises that are located at the John
McDonald Student and Culinary Arts Center if the license was originally
acquired on the open market at fair market value.

(16) Licenses issued under subsection (1) are
nontransferable. A licensee issued a license under this section shall pay the
fee required under section 525.

(17) As used in this section:

(a) “College” or “university” means a 2-year or 4-year state
supported institution of higher education.

(b) “Conference center” means either of the following:

(i) A building or portion of a building,
other than a student residence hall or student center, that has meeting rooms,
banquet areas, social halls, overnight accommodations, and related facilities
for special activities scheduled by the college or university, and that, in the
judgment of the commission, has been regularly used for conferences and lodging
of guests.

(ii) Any of the following:

(A) The George Gervin GameAbove Center, the corporate
education center, Pease Auditorium, the student center, and McKenny Hall at
Eastern Michigan University.

(B) The Kirkhof and Eberhard Centers at Grand Valley State
University.

(C) The student center with the name designated by the
governing board of Western Michigan University and Heritage Hall Alumni Center
at Western Michigan University.

(D) The Wadsworth Center at Michigan Technological
University.

(E) The West Complex, Fredericks Sculpture Museum, and Alumni
Building at Saginaw Valley State University.

(F) The Woodbridge N. Ferris Building at Grand Rapids and the
David L. Eisler Center at Big Rapids of Ferris State University.

(G) The Waterman Campus Center at Schoolcraft College.

(H) The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan Community College.

(I) The McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State
University.

(J) The Michigan State University Management Educational
Center.

(K) The Superior Dome at Northern Michigan University.

(L) The Walker Cisler Center, the James Norris Events Center,
and the Richard and Theresa Barch Center for Freshwater Research and Education
at Lake Superior State University.

(M) The Marie Prahl College Center at Mott Community College.

(N) The West Hall Innovation Center, the Gerald and Frances
Oleson Center, the Dennos Museum Center, and the Great Lakes Campus at
Northwestern Michigan College.

(O) The Farmhouse at Delta College.

(P) The Oakland Community College Culinary Studies Institute.

(Q) The Performing Arts and Cultural Center Complex at Macomb
Community College.

(R) Meadow Brook Hall, Golf Pavilion, Oakland Center, O’Rena,
and Shotwell-Gustafson Pavilion at Oakland University.

(S) The John G. Kulhavi Events Center at Central Michigan
University.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 4595 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor