DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION  
CHURCH OR SCHOOL HEARINGS  
Filed with the secretary of state on January 27, 2025  
These rules become effective immediately after filing with the secretary of state  
unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures  
act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under  
these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.  
(By authority conferred on the liquor control commission by section 40 of article IV of  
the state constitution of 1963, sections 201 and 215(1) of the Michigan liquor control  
code of 1988, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1201 and 436.1215, and Executive Reorganization  
Order No. 2011-4, MCL 445.2030)  
R 436.1953 and R 436.1959 of the Michigan Administrative Code are amended, as  
follows:  
R 436.1953 Notice of application and proposed location.  
Rule 3. If the commission determines through investigation that the proposed location of  
an applicant is within 500 feet of a church or school, as those terms are defined in section  
107 or 111 of the act, MCL 436.1107 or 436.1111, the representative of the church or  
school shall be notified of the application and the proposed location if the applicant  
desires 1 of the following:  
(a) A new license to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises or the  
transfer of location of an existing license to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the  
premises.  
(b) A new specially designated distributor license or the transfer of location of an  
existing specially designated distributor license.  
(c) A new specially designated merchant license in conjunction with a license to sell  
alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises or the transfer of location of an existing  
specially designated merchant license in conjunction with a license to sell alcoholic  
liquor for consumption on the premises.  
R 436.1959 Burden of proceeding, closing arguments.  
Rule 9. (1) The commission may, in its discretion, determine which party will have the  
burden of proceeding. The representative of the church or school may make the final  
argument.  
(2) The representative of the church or school shall be prepared to show that the church  
or school that is objecting meets the definition of the terms defined in section 107 or 111  
of the act, MCL 436.1107 or 436.1111.  
December 20, 2024  
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