REPORT TITLE:
Liquor License


DESCRIPTION:
Adds to the factors that the liquor commission may consider in
its revocation or suspension of renewal of existing liquor
license, the prevention of assault.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.19         
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 281-61, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  The commission [may], at the time of renewal or at any
 
 4 time, may revoke, suspend, or place conditions or restrictions on
 
 5 any license issued under this chapter for the purpose of
 
 6 preventing activities within the licensed premises or adjacent
 
 7 areas under the licensee's control that are potentially injurious
 
 8 to the health, safety, and welfare of the public including but
 
 9 not limited to criminal activity, including assault, drug
 
10 dealing, drug use, or prostitution, upon petition of the
 
11 administrator of the appropriate county agency, proper notice to
 
12 the licensee, and a hearing before the commission pursuant to
 
13 chapter 91."
 
14      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
15 New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________
 

 
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