STAND. COM. REP. NO. 23

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 697

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 697 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that money collected by the Liquor Commission from fines imposed on licensees shall be used for substance abuse treatment and prevention programs provided by the applicable county, in addition to liquor educational programs.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc., and MADD.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure would be beneficial in assisting persons with substance abuse dependency problems to receive needed services.  This measure also helps agencies providing substance abuse prevention services to fund those services.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 697 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

 

 

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair