STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1309-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2945

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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2945 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to eliminate the requirement that applicants for a liquor license or renewal of a license, or in the case of transfer of a liquor license, both the transferor and the transferee produce either a tax clearance certificate from the Internal Revenue Service or proof of entering into an installment plan agreement with the Internal Revenue Service.

The Mayor of the County of Maui, City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission, County of Maui Department of Liquor Control, County of Kauai Department of Liquor Control, Ocean Tourism Coalition, Maui Hotel & Lodging Association, and Takitani, Agaran & Jorgensen A Law Partnership supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2945, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2945, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair