STAND. COM. REP. NO.  555-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 286

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism, to which was referred H.B. No. 286 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to effectuate its title.

     H.B. No. 286 was introduced as a short-form bill, which is sometimes referred to as a "vehicle" bill primarily used to introduce a bill containing only a general idea as to the purpose of the bill without specific details in the long form.

     Your Committee has amended the bill to provide the substantive contents of the bill in long form so that a public hearing may be properly held on its substantive contents.

The purpose of this measure is to accommodate modern practices in the hospitality industry by amending the liquor licensing law relating to entities eligible for hotel class and condominium hotel class licenses by deleting the requirement that these entities have an adequate kitchen and dining room, where meals are regularly prepared and served to hotel guests and other customers.   

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the action to report out H.B. No. 286, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Tourism, for the purpose of holding a public hearing thereon, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 286, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism,

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TOM BROWER, Chair