Amends definition of "cooler beverage" to mean any liquor containing less than 7% alcohol by volume.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 244D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "cooler beverage" to read as follows:

""Cooler beverage" means [either (1) a wine cooler containing wine and more than fifteen per cent] any liquor containing less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume and added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling), colorings, or preservatives[, and which contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume; or (2) a malt beverage cooler containing beer and added natural or artificial blending material such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives, and which contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume]."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.