Section 436.1601 - Licensing qualifications; wholesale licensee or applicant for wholesale license as individual, partnership, limited partnership, or corporation; prohibitions.
MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998 (EXCERPT)
Act 58 of 1998
436.1601 Licensing qualifications; wholesale licensee or applicant for wholesale license as individual, partnership, limited partnership, or corporation; prohibitions.
Sec. 601.
(1) A wholesale licensee or an applicant for a wholesale license, if an individual, shall be licensed only if that individual has resided in this state for not less than 1 year immediately prior to the date of issuance of the license.
(2) A wholesale licensee or an applicant for a wholesale license, if a partnership other than a limited partnership, shall be licensed only if all of its members have resided in this state for not less than 1 year immediately prior to the date of issuance of the license.
(3) A wholesale licensee or an applicant for a wholesale license, if a limited partnership, shall be licensed only if the limited partnership is authorized to do business under the laws of this state, and if the general partner and all limited partners have resided in this state for not less than 1 year immediately preceding the date of issuance of the license. If the general partner is a corporation, the limited partnership shall be licensed only if the corporation has been authorized to do business under the laws of this state for not less than 1 year immediately preceding the date on which the corporation obtained an interest in the limited partnership. A limited partnership that holds a wholesale license shall not admit as a new limited partner an individual who has not resided in this state for at least 1 year immediately preceding the date on which the limited partnership interest was acquired by the individual.
(4) A wholesale licensee or an applicant for a wholesale license, if a corporation, shall be licensed only if the corporation is authorized to do business under the laws of this state and if all stockholders of the corporation have resided in this state for not less than 1 year immediately preceding the date of issuance of the license. A corporation that holds a wholesale license shall not issue shares of the corporation's stock to a person who has not resided in this state for at least 1 year immediately preceding the date on which the corporate stock was acquired by the person.
History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998