HRS 0712-1250_0005 ANNOTATIONS

Act 122, Session Laws 1984, added the new offense of promoting intoxicating liquor to a minor which prohibits persons from giving liquor to a minor, or allowing a minor to possess intoxicating liquor on property under that person's control. The legislature believed that the passage of this act would reduce the number of drunk drivers and deaths resulting from drunk driving. Senate Conference Report No. 40.

Act 207, Session Laws 1992, removed the repeal date of Act 342, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986, to permanently raise the minimum drinking age to twenty-one. Conference Committee Report No. 9.