STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1093-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2617

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. 2617, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OCEAN WATERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the consumption of liquor by bathers within 1,000 yards of any beach or shoreline in the State.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Emergency Services Department, and three individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; 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. 2617, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2617, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair