STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3089

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2241

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2241 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require that that a class 10 license only be granted for an outdoor premise if liquor will only be sold and consumed within a beer garden.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, and one individual.

Prior to decision-making on this measure, your Committee made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1 of this measure.

The proposed S.D. 1:

(1) Requires that a class 10 special license be issued for the sale and consumption of liquor in an outdoor premise under certain restrictions, including providing at least one officer from the liquor commission who has investigative capabilities to be present at each point of sale within the area for which the permit was granted and, if the event takes place on the premises of a temporary public street closure in any county having a population in excess of 500,000, a special license be granted only for the temporary extension of an existing valid license; and

(2) Specifies that class 17 liquor licenses apply only to permanent establishments.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the Proposed S.D. 1 from the Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to the Proposed S.D. 1 from the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu; Dozer Parties, LLC; Ray Jr. LLC; Events International; Aloha Group International; AT Marketing; Bamp Project; The Republik; Rice Fest; JFK ONO Grindz; JCI Honolulu; and sixty individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the Proposed S.D. 1 and further amending it by:

(1) Inserting language to require the Liquor Commission to review the history of complaints against any applicant at the time of application for a new license or renewal of an existing license;

(2) Deleting provisions relating to class 10 special license restrictions for outdoor events and limiting class 17 liquor licenses to permanent establishments;

(3) Inserting an effective date of June 18, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2241, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2241, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair