STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1061-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2414

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2414, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the county liquor commissions to streamline procedures to provide for the issuance of temporary licenses for the sale of liquor for a period not to exceed one day for fundraising events by nonprofit organizations; and

(2) Remove the discretion of the county liquor commissions to take into account other considerations when deciding whether to grant a previously denied, refused, or withdrawn application.

The County of Maui Mayor and City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the provision that would have removed the discretion of the county liquor commissions to take into account other considerations when deciding whether to grant a previously denied, refused, or withdrawn application; and

(2) 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 H.B. No. 2414, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2414, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair