STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1506

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1249

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1249, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to accommodate condominium hotels in the liquor laws by establishing a separate class of liquor license for condominium hotels.

     The Departments of Liquor Control of the Counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission, Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association, and Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., supported this bill. 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by, among other things:

     (1)  Clarifying the definition of "condominium hotel" and "premises" and adding a definition for "condominium hotel operator";

     (2)  Making further amendments to the liquor law to allow condominium hotels to obtain liquor licenses and operate under these licenses in much the same way as a traditional hotel;

     (3)  Authorizing holders of a hotel liquor license to convert their license to a condominium hotel license subject to a public hearing; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1249, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1249, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair