STAND. COM. REP. NO. 83-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2275
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2275 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill, as received, is to limit the time period in which liquor may be sold by establishments located within 500 feet of a public or private school.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board and Department of Education, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association. Testimony in opposition to the bill was received from the Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Hawaii/Liquor Dispensers of Hawaii.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the reference to the proximity of a liquor establishment to a "public playground" in the amendment providing that hours of sale restrictions continue to apply after a license is transferred;
(2) Replacing the language allowing sales of liquor after 6:00 p.m. with language prohibiting those sales prior to 6:00 p.m., for consistency with other parts of the law; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2275, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2275, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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