{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-436.1915","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1915","heading":"Possessing or consuming alcoholic liquor on public highway or in park, place of amusement, or publicly owned area; authority of local governmental unit or state department or agency to prohibit possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor; definitions.","body":"Sec. 915.\n\nAlcoholic liquor shall not be consumed on the public highways.\n\nExcept as provided in subsections (3) and (4), alcoholic liquor may be possessed or consumed in public parks, public places of amusement, or a publicly owned area not licensed to sell for consumption on the premises.\n\nThe governing body of a local governmental unit may prohibit by ordinance, order, or resolution the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor in any public park, public place of amusement, or publicly owned area that is owned or administered, or both, by that local governmental unit. When land is leased from a department or agency of this state, an ordinance, order, or resolution adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the department or agency.\n\nA department or agency of this state that administers public lands may prohibit by rule, order, or resolution the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor on the public land under its jurisdiction.\n\nAs used in this section:\n\n\"Local governmental unit\" means a county, city, township, village, or charter authority.\n\n\"Publicly owned area\" means an area under the jurisdiction of a local governmental unit.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 436","Act Act-58-of-1998"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-436-1915","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"49c844dd3a87c06801dda5c8be39558f37776d61b1760c9632df88761f408ea1","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-436.1914b","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-436.1916"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}