STAND. COM. REP. 2057
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2250
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2250 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require a liquor licensee to submit to the public hearing process upon an application for expansion of the licensee's business premises.
Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Kailua Neighborhood Board and three individuals.
This measure is intended to ensure adequate community input into any proposed plans of a liquor establishment to expand the size of its premises. Your Committee believes this measure is a fair and reasonable accommodation to the public.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Exempting hotels and temporary one day events; and
(2) Clarifying that the liquor commission may deny a request for an expansion if the site is within five hundred feet of a school or public playground.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2250, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2250, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
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