Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1465, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase from two to five cases the amount of wine that a wine manufacturer from a state with a reciprocal shipping privilege may ship to a Hawaii consumer for personal use.

This bill also clarifies that an unlicensed adult is not required to obtain an individual permit to receive shipments of liquor pursuant to the reciprocal shipping law.

Your Committee finds that permit requirements can make it difficult for consumers to ship wine, because shippers may be reluctant to accept shipments if they may be held responsible for ensuring that the recipients have obtained proper permits. This measure removes permit requirements for these consumers.

Your Committee also finds that a reasonable increase in the number of cases of wine permitted to be shipped pursuant to the reciprocal shipping law will not detract from local sales. However, your Committee believes that a more modest increase than presently proposed is warranted.

Your Committee has amended this measure by limiting the number of cases of wine permitted to be shipped pursuant to the reciprocal shipping law to three cases. This is an increase from the current limit of two cases.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1465, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1465, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.