STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1357-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2613

H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2613 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the county liquor commissions to issue new class 2 restaurant licenses before restaurants commence operation;

(2) Clarify that class 2 licenses are transferable; and

(3) Require an applicant for a new class 2 restaurant license or a transferee to certify that the applicant or transferee intends to and will derive no less than 30 percent of the establishment's gross revenue from the sale of foods.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center and a few 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 S.B. No. 2613, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2613, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair