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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 a ctivities 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 r egarding
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.
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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 adjac ent 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.
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(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 C ulinary 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 universit y, 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.
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(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