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Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth
MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION (MLCC)
7150 Harris Drive, P.O. Box 30005 - Lansing, Michigan 48909-7505
HEARING & APPEAL PRACTICE
Effective January 22, 1977
By authority conferred on the liquor control commission by section 7 of Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of the
Extra Session of 1933, as amended, section 230 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, and section
33 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being §§436.7, 16,330, and 24.233 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws.
R 436.1901 Definitions.
Rule 1. (1) "Act" means Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1933, as amended,
being §436.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(2) The terms defined in the act and in the general rules of the commission have the same
meaning when used in these rules.
History: 1954 ACS 90, Eff. Jan. 25, 1977; 1979 AC.
R 436.1903 Hearings; transcripts.
Rule 3. (1) All hearing shall be open to the public.
(2) A copy of the transcript of the testimony taken at a hearing before the commission shall be
available upon written request to the commission and payment of the commission's prescribed fees
which shall be set by written order of the commission.
History: 1954 ACS 90, Eff. Jan. 25, 1977; 1979 AC.
R 436.1905 Violations; violation report; complaint; notice of hearing.
Rule 5. (1) Alleged violations of the act or commission rules shall be stated on a violation report
form and shall be submitted to the licensing and enforcement division of the commission.
(2) A complaint specifying the particular section of the act or commission rules allegedly violated
by the licensee may be prepared for the licensing and enforcement division at the direction of an
assistant attorney general.
(3) Each complaint shall be assigned a number which shall be placed on all papers filed in the
proceedings.
(4) The complaint shall be served by the licensing and enforcement division on the licensee in -
1person or by mail to the licensed add