REPORT TITLE:
Cooler Beverage


DESCRIPTION:
Redefines cooler beverage to mean any liquor containing less than
7 per cent of alcohol by volume and blending material.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX LAW.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 244D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "cooler beverage" to read
 
 3 as follows:
 
 4      ""Cooler beverage" means [either (1) a wine cooler
 
 5 containing wine and more than fifteen per cent] any liquor
 
 6 containing less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume and
 
 7 added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit
 
 8 juices, flavors, flavorings, or adjuncts, water (plain,
 
 9 carbonated, or sparkling), colorings, or preservatives[, and
 
10 which contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume; or
 
11 (2) a malt beverage cooler containing beer and added natural or
 
12 artificial blending material such as fruit juices, flavors,
 
13 flavorings, colorings, or preservatives, and which contains less
 
14 than seven per cent of alcohol by volume]."
 
15      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
16 New statutory material is underscored.
 
17      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.