STAND. COM. REP. NO.845-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2934

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred S.B. No. 2934 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the rights of the community regarding the licensing of liquor establishments by:

(1) Requiring the Liquor Commission investigator to include in every report for an application of a license the possible adverse effects the establishment may have on the surrounding community; and

(2) Expanding the definition of "special liquor district" to include areas designated by a county for historic preservation and residential protection.

The Ala Moana/Kakaako Neighborhood Board No. 11, McCully/Moiliili Neighborhood Board No. 8, Waikiki Citizen's Patrol (District 6, Sector 1 – West Waikiki/Hobron/Atkinson), and four individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2934, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2934, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,

 

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EZRA KANOHO, Chair