2007 House Bill 4322 / Public Act 11

Give limited liquor license to Oakland Community College

Introduced in the House

Feb. 27, 2007

Introduced by Rep. Barbara Farrah (D-13)

To authorize the issuance of an on-premises liquor license for certain facilities at the Oakland Community College Culinary Studies Institute. Current law authorizes liquor licenses for universities or colleges named in the statute. Liquor may be sold only at regularly scheduled events for on-premises consumption at the schools’ conference centers.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

March 27, 2007

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

March 29, 2007

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that also authorizes a liquor license for the Macomb County Community College Performing Arts and Cultural Center Complex.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 86 to 21 (details)

To authorize the issuance of an on-premises liquor license for certain facilities at the Oakland Community College Culinary Studies Institute, and to the Macomb County Community College Performing Arts and Cultural Center Complex. Current law authorizes liquor licenses for universities or colleges named in the statute. Liquor may be sold only at regularly scheduled events for on-premises consumption at the schools’ conference centers. These kinds of college liquor license are not subject to the population quota provisions that limit the number of regular liquor licenses in a community.

Received in the Senate

April 17, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform

May 3, 2007

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

May 9, 2007

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

To authorize the issuance of an on-premises liquor license for certain facilities at the Oakland Community College Culinary Studies Institute, and to the Macomb County Community College Performing Arts and Cultural Center Complex. Current law authorizes liquor licenses for universities or colleges named in the statute. Liquor may be sold only at regularly scheduled events for on-premises consumption at the schools’ conference centers. These kinds of college liquor license are not subject to the population quota provisions that limit the number of regular liquor licenses in a community.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

May 24, 2007