REPORT TITLE:
Liquor; Intoxicating


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies the restriction on holding both a liquor manufacturer's
and liquor wholesaler's license; adds a definition of "any
interest". (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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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 subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  Licenses may be granted by the liquor commission as
 
 4 provided in this section.  For purposes of this section, "any
 
 5 interest" means direct ownership of a license, or direct
 
 6 ownership of a partnership share, one or more shares of stock, or
 
 7 a similar proprietary stake in the holder of a license.
 
 8      (b)  Class 1.  Manufacturers' licenses.  A license for the
 
 9 manufacture of liquor shall authorize the licensee to manufacture
 
10 the liquor therein specified and to sell the same at wholesale in
 
11 original packages to any person who holds a license to resell the
 
12 same, and to sell draught beer or wine manufactured from grapes
 
13 or other fruits grown in the State in any quantity to any person
 
14 for private use and consumption.  Under this license no liquor
 
15 shall be consumed on the premises except as authorized by the
 
16 commission.  Of this class, there shall be the following kinds:
 
17      (1)  Beer;
 
18      (2)  Wine;
 
19      (3)  Alcohol; and
 
20      (4)  Other specified liquor.
 

 
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                                     S.B. NO.           H.D. 1
                                                        S.D. 1
                                                        

 
 1 It shall be unlawful for any holder of a manufacturer's license
 
 2 under this chapter to have any interest whatsoever in the license
 
 3 or licensed premises of any other licensee."
 
 4      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.