STAND. COM. REP. NO.  68-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2230

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2230 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to more effectively deter and punish the unlicensed manufacture and sale of liquor by increasing the criminal penalty, permitting the forfeiture of property for violation, and enabling the prosecution of unlicensed manufacturing or sale of liquor as an organized crime or racketeering activity subject to forfeiture of the right to engage in certain business activities.

 

     The Honolulu Liquor Commission and Councilmember representing District 8 of the Honolulu City Council testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2230, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2230, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair