STAND. COM. REP. NO.  126-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2253

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2253 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 281, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, INTOXICATING LIQUOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, CORRECTING ERRORS, AND DELETING UNNECESSARY AND OBSOLETE PROVISIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to update the liquor laws of this state by:

(1)  Making clarifications consistent with Liquor Commission interpretations of the law;

(2)  Recognizing the existence of new business structures such as limited liability partnerships; and

(3)  Making other changes to facilitate the effective administration and enforcement of the law by the Liquor Commission.

     The County of Hawaii Department of Liquor Control submitted testimony in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2253, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2253, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair