STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1098

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1153
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1153, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RETAIL LIQUOR SALES TO
     MINORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this administration measure is to allow any
person under the age of twenty-one to purchase liquor as part of
a controlled purchase of a law enforcement activity.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health, Office of Youth Services, Police
Department of the City and County of Honolulu, and two private
citizens.

     Your Committee finds that alcohol is the most socially
accepted substance in our society and also one of the most
abused.  Your Committee further finds that education and
enforcement are essential to preventing our youth from using
liquor.  Using underage individuals to participate in controlled
purchases of liquor will enable the department to improve
education and enforcement relating to the use of liquor by
minors.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to change the age
from under twenty-one to between eighteen and twenty.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1153, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1153, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair



 
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