STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2272

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2945

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2945 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize, in any county with a population of five hundred thousand or more, the revocation or suspension of a liquor license for a continuing pattern of noise, disturbance, misconduct, or disorder on or about the licensed premises.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Bar Owners Association and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will help ensure the health, welfare, and safety of patrons of such licensed premises, as well as improve the living environment of the community in which the licensed premises are located, by allowing a liquor board or commission to revoke or suspend an establishment's liquor license for a continuing pattern of noise, disturbance, misconduct, or disorder.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2945 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair