STAND. COM. REP. NO.  886

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1058

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1058, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend sanctions for minors and persons under the age of 21 who try to gain access to or possession of liquor by:

 

(1)  Prohibiting persons less than 21 years of age from using a false ID to enter premises that exclude persons under age 18 or 21; and

 

(2)  Allowing persons under 21 years of age who purchase, possess, or consume liquor or use a false ID to be fined as an alternative to a license suspension in counties with a population of under 500,000 residents.

 

     The Hawaii Food Industry Association testified in support of this bill.  The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of the Attorney General, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, Mothers against Drunk Driving-Hawaii, and several concerned individuals opposed this measure.  The Office of the Public Defender provided comments.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to

          encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,

          clarity, and consistency.   

 

     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. 1058, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1058, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair