HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	747
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO LIQUOR LIABILITY INSURANCE.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 281-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (r) to read as follows:

     "(r)  Restaurants, [retailers,] retail dealers, dispensers, clubs, cabarets, hotels, caterers, brewpubs, condominium hotels, and bring-your-own-beverage establishments licensed under class 2, class 4, class 5, class 6, class 11, class 12, class 13, class 14, class 15, and class 17 shall maintain at all times liquor liability insurance coverage in an amount not less than $1,000,000; provided that convenience minimarts holding a class 4 license shall not be required to maintain liquor liability insurance coverage in that amount.  Proof of coverage shall be kept on the premises and shall be made available for inspection by the commission at any time during the licensee's regular business hours.  In the event of a licensee's failure to obtain or maintain the required coverage, the commission shall refuse to issue or renew a license or shall suspend or terminate the license as appropriate.  No license shall be granted, reinstated, or renewed until after the required insurance coverage is obtained.

     [For purposes of this subsection:

"Convenience minimarts" commonly refer to a neighborhood "mom and pop store".]"

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2011.

Report Title:

Intoxicating Liquor; Liability Insurance; Convenience Minimarts

Description:

Removes definition of convenience minimarts commonly referred to as a "mom and pop store".  Effective July 1, 2011.  (HB747 CD1)

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