STAND. COM. REP. NO.  556

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 563

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 563 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require class 5 liquor licensees, which include businesses authorized to sell liquor for consumption on the premises, to maintain liquor liability insurance coverage to be eligible for licensing, and license transfers and renewals.

 

     The Honolulu Liquor Commission, Honolulu Department of Liquor Control, and Outrigger Hotels opposed this bill.

 

     Liquor liability insurance protects a business against loss or damages caused by an intoxicated patron.  Your Committee finds that all businesses who sell liquor for consumption on the premises should be required to maintain this coverage and share in its cost.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by removing language that would require liquor commissions to enforce the insurance requirement beyond the licensing context.

 

     As amended, this bill requires an applicant to show proof of the required liquor liability insurance coverage to obtain a license or license renewal, or to transfer a license.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 563, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 563, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair