STAND. COM. REP. NO.  635-14

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, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

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 a suitable and adequate kitchen and dining room, where meals are regularly prepared and served to guests and other customers.

The Liquor Commission, City and County of Honolulu; Outrigger Hotels Hawaii; and the Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association supported this measure.

     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 intent and purpose of H.B. No. 286, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair