REPORT TITLE:
Liquor; Intoxicating


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies the restriction on holding both a liquor manufacturer's
and liquor wholesaler's license.  (HB1622 CD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            C.D. 1
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 281-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  Class 1.  Manufacturers' licenses.  A license for the
 
 4 manufacture of liquor shall authorize the licensee to manufacture
 
 5 the liquor therein specified and to sell the same at wholesale in
 
 6 original packages to any person who holds a license to resell the
 
 7 same, and to sell draught beer or wine manufactured from grapes
 
 8 or other fruits grown in the State in any quantity to any person
 
 9 for private use and consumption.  Under this license no liquor
 
10 shall be consumed on the premises except as authorized by the
 
11 commission.  Of this class, there shall be the following kinds:
 
12      (1)  Beer;
 
13      (2)  Wine;
 
14      (3)  Alcohol; and
 
15      (4)  Other specified liquor.
 
16 It shall be unlawful for any holder of a manufacturer's license
 
17 to have any interest whatsoever in the license or licensed
 
18 premises of any other licensee.  This subsection shall not
 
19 prevent the holder of a beer class manufacturer's license under
 

 
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 1 this chapter or under the law of another jurisdiction from
 
 2 maintaining any interest in the license or licensed premises of a
 
 3 beer and wine class wholesale dealer licensee under this chapter
 
 4 whose wholesaling is limited to beer, other than direct ownership
 
 5 of a beer and wine class wholesale dealer's license, or direct
 
 6 ownership of a partnership share, one or more shares of stock, or
 
 7 similar proprietary stake in the holder of a beer and wine class
 
 8 wholesale dealer's license."
 
 9      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.