REPORT TITLE:
Liquor; Minors; Driver's Lic.


DESCRIPTION:
Suspends driver's license of minors under 18 for 6 months,
requires community service and attendance at alcohol education
program for violating intoxicating liquor law involving minors.
Provides similar penalties for violators aged 18 to 21.  Suspends
license for 1 year for repeat offense.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           661
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 281-101.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(d)  Any person under age eighteen who violates this
 
 4 section shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the family court.
 
 5 If the family court determines that the person violated this
 
 6 section, the person's driver's license shall be suspended for six
 
 7 months.  In addition, the person shall be required to perform one
 
 8 hundred hours of community service related to the offense and,
 
 9 accompanied by a parent or guardian, attend an alcohol and drug
 
10 education program provided by the court.  Any person age eighteen
 
11 or older who violates subsection (a) shall be guilty of a
 
12 misdemeanor.  Any person age eighteen to twenty-one who violates
 
13 subsections (b) or (c) shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.  A
 
14 person aged eighteen to twenty-one who violates this section
 
15 shall have the person's driver's license suspended for six
 
16 months.  In addition, the person shall be required to perform one
 
17 hundred hours of community service related to the offense and
 
18 attend an alcohol and drug education program provided by the
 
19 court.  Upon a repeat offense of subsection (b) or (c), the
 

 
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 1 person's driver's license shall be suspended for one year and the
 
 2 person shall be required to perform one hundred fifty hours of
 
 3 community service related to the offense."
 
 4      SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that
 
 5 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
 
 6 begun, before its effective date.
 
 7      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 8      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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