STAND. COM. REP. NO. 651
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1507
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1507 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Provide police officers with alternatives to arresting minors for purchasing liquor illegally by making first and second liquor offenses by a minor between the ages of 18 and 21 punishable only by fine and requiring disposition of citations for first or second liquor violations by a minor in the manner prescribed for traffic infractions; and
(2) Authorizing the issuance of a citation in lieu of arrest for certain liquor law violations.
This bill also directs 50 percent of fines collected under this measure to the counties.
The Office of the Public Defender, County of Maui Department of Liquor Control, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association testified in support of the bill.
Your Committee finds that this bill provides a more appropriate punishment for first and second liquor offenses by a minor between the ages of 18 and 21.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting all language referring to "arrest" in subsection (b) of the bill;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion on the bill; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1507, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1507, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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