STAND. COM. REP. NO.  932

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1339

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1339 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize county liquor commissions to prescribe rules limiting, within constitutional bounds, the expression and conduct of patrons on licensed premises.  This measure also requires each liquor commission to include a definition of "dancing" within its rules.

 

     The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and many concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Liquor Control of Maui County opposed this measure.  Several concerned individuals provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Requiring each liquor commission to adopt rules by July 1, 2012, rather than July 1, 2011;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  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. 1339, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1339, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair