SB2853

Report Title:

Liquor licenses; Hostess bars

 

Description:

Eliminates hostess bars as a category of bars that may receive liquor licenses.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2853
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to liquor licenses.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 281-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:

"(f) Class 5. Dispensers' licenses.

(1) A license under this class shall authorize the licensee to sell liquors specified in this subsection for consumption on the premises. A licensee under this class shall be issued a license according to the category of establishment the licensee owns or operates. The categories of establishments shall be as follows:

(A) A standard bar;

(B) A premise in which a person performs or entertains unclothed or in attire restricted to use by entertainers pursuant to commission rules; or

(C) A premise in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided; provided that facilities for dancing by the patrons may be permitted as provided by commission rules[; or].

[(D) A premise in which employees or entertainers are compensated to sit with patrons whether or not the employees or entertainers are consuming nonalcoholic beverages while in the company of the patrons pursuant to commission rules.]

(2) If a licensee under class 5 desires to change the category of establishment the licensee owns or operates, the licensee shall apply for a new license applicable to the category of the licensee's establishment.

(3) For each category of class 5 licenses there shall be the following kinds:

(A) General (includes all liquors except alcohol);

(B) Beer and wine; and

(C) Beer."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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