STAND. COM. REP. NO.  27-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2311

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2311 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve public health, welfare, and safety by authorizing the county liquor commissions and liquor control adjudication boards of specified counties to revoke or suspend liquor licenses for a sustained and continuing pattern of noise, disturbance, misconduct, or disorder. 

 

     The Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to promote further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2311, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2311, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair