STAND. COM. REP. NO.  246

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 647

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Tourism and Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 647 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require a minimum distance of 100 feet between liquor establishments in Waikiki holding a class 11 cabaret license.  Further, this bill requires that in cases of applications for renewal of cabaret licenses where premises are located within 100 feet of each other, the cabaret license that has been in the longest continuous existence will have preference for renewal.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission provided comments.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Economic Revitalization & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 647, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 647, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism and Economic Revitalization & Business,

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair