Report Title:

Intoxicating Liquor; Prohibitions Involving Minors

Description:

Add prohibitions for attempt to purchase or consumption of liquor by a minor; exception of consumption for religious purposes.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2366

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to intoxicating liquor.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 281-101.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) No minor shall purchase, attempt to purchase, or consume liquor and no minor shall have liquor in the minor's possession or custody in any motor vehicle on a public highway or in any public place, public gathering, or public amusement or at any public beach or public park; provided that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, this subsection shall not apply to:

(1) Possession or custody of liquor by a minor in the course of delivery, pursuant to the direction of the minor's employer lawfully engaged in business necessitating the delivery;

(2) Possession [or], custody, or consumption of liquor by a minor in connection with the minor's authorized participation in religious ceremonies requiring the possession [or], custody[;], or consumption; or

(3) Any person between the ages of eighteen and twenty, who is participating in a controlled purchase as part of a law enforcement activity or a study authorized by the department of health to determine the level of incidence of liquor sales to minors."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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