STAND. COM. REP. NO.  852

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1314

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1314 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a class liquor license for distillery pubs.

 

     Island Distillers supported this measure with amendments.  The City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission and the Hawaii Liquor Wholesalers Association commented on this measure.

 

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Inserting provisions contained in H.B. No. 1126, H.D. 1 (2013) that:

 

(A)  Authorize the Department of Agriculture to require the word "brand" to be stated in direct conjunction with the word "Hawaii" or "Hawaiian" if the impression is that the beer was produced in the place or region other than that of actual production; and

 

(B)  Require the name of the beer bottler and the place where the beer was bottled or canned, on labels of bottled or canned beer sold or distributed in the State that bear any Hawaiian brand name or adjective, or Hawaii word or statement, design, or device;

 

(2)  Including a severability clause in the measure;

 

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1314, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1314, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair