Report Title:

Liquor Licenses; Further Application

Description:

Extends the period of time, from 1 to 3 years, that an applicant who has been denied or refused a liquor license must wait before becoming eligible to submit another application for the same class of license at the same location.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	73
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 281-60, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Except as provided for in section 281-13, if an applicant has at any time been denied or refused a license, no further application from the applicant pertaining to the same class of license on the same premises or building location shall be considered for [one year] three years from the denial or refusal[.]; provided further that no further application from the applicant pertaining to a different class of license on the same premises or building location shall be considered for one year from the denial or refusal."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

INTRODUCED BY:

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