STAND. COM. REP. NO. 570

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1154

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1154 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LIQUOR COMMISSION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require that for counties with a population of five hundred thousand or more, a notice of a public hearing on an application for a liquor license before a county liquor commission be mailed at least thirty days prior to the date set for the hearing.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee finds that starting a liquor licensed business requires a considerable amount of time and a significant financial investment, and obtaining an approved liquor license is a critical step in commencing operations and generating revenue to offset costs.  The time between a notice of a public hearing on a liquor license application and the actual hearing allows individuals to determine the impact of a liquor license on the community.  Implementation of this measure will enable approved liquor license applicants to commence operations sooner, while still providing ample time for individuals to evaluate and comment on a liquor license application.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1154 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 Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair