STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1489
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 88
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 88, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN PUBLIC HOUSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to better regulate the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public housing by prohibiting possessing or keeping any bottle, can, or other receptacle containing any intoxicating liquor that has been opened, has a broken seal, or the contents of which have been partially removed while on any sidewalk or common area within a public housing project.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the prohibitions established by this measure apply to both state and federal low-income housing projects;
(2) Specifying that the prohibited conduct is a violation;
(3) Providing that a person may transport a partially full
container of liquor to or from the person's residence, a vehicle, or another dwelling unit in the public housing project if the container is sealed or closed with a cork or lid;
(4) Making it effective on July 1, 2013; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 88, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 88, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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