Sec. 509.
(1) The commission may issue, without regard to the quota provisions of section 531, licenses to a commission, board, or authority governing or operating a municipal civic center or civic auditorium or to 1 or more of its concessionaires, or to both, if all of the following apply:
(a) The center or auditorium is within a city or township having a population of not less than 5,500.
(b) The center or auditorium is owned and operated as a municipal enterprise.
(c) The legislative body of the municipality first authorizes the operating authority of the civic center or civic auditorium or its concessionaire to apply to the commission for a license.
(2) Licenses issued under this section are not transferable, must not be issued to an educational institution or for a facility operated in connection with an educational institution, and must authorize the sale of alcoholic liquor only in connection with a scheduled event at the licensed premises.
History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 2018