Report Title:

Public Housing Project; Intoxicating Liquor

Description:

Prohibits the consumption of liquor on any public sidewalk or common area within a public housing project.  (SB2141 HD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2141
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 281-78, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a) No person shall[, except as permitted in section 291-3.4,] consume any liquor on any [public highway or any public sidewalk.]:

(1) Public highway, except as permitted in section 291-3.4;

(2) Public sidewalk, including any sidewalk within a public housing project as defined in section 356D‑1 or 356D‑91; or

(3) Common area of a public housing project as defined in section 356D‑1 or 356D‑91.  For purposes of this paragraph, "common area" means roofs, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs, stairways, fire escapes, entrances and exists of the building or buildings, basements, yards, gardens, recreational facilities, parking areas, storage spaces, and other parts of the project normally in common use or other areas designated by the Hawaii public housing authority."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2009.