Liquor: licenses; providing refrigerator systems to certain licensees; allow. Amends sec. 609 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1609).

HB 4043 amends Michigan's liquor control code to allow refrigerator systems to be included in the definition of "barware" for promotional use by licensed alcohol businesses. The bill removes a prior prohibition (in Section 609(10)) that prevented the Liquor Control Commission from adding refrigerator systems to the list of permitted brand logoed items. This change enables the Commission to approve refrigerators as promotional merchandise under the same rules governing other barware like coasters or drinkware. It directly affects liquor manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers who use branded promotional items at licensed premises. The policy change specifically permits refrigerators to be used for display advertising, subject to size limits and ownership rules already applied to other barware items.