STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1201-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 3042

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 3042, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSE CLASSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

(1)  Establish a new class 18 liquor license for small craft producer pubs; and

 

(2)  Remove the 30,000 barrel restriction on the amount of malt beverages that a class 14 brewpub licensee may manufacture on its premises during a license year.

 

     The Hawaiian Craft Brewers Guild and Maui Brewing Co. testified in support of this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Raising the manufacturing cap on class 16 winery licensees from not more than 10,000 barrels of wine per license year to not more than 20,000 barrels of wine per license year;

 

     (2)  Specifying that brewery-sealed kegs, growlers, brewery-sealed containers, winery-sealed kegs, magnums, winery-sealed containers, and other recyclable containers provided by a licensee to a consumer for off-premises consumption comply with federal labeling and bottling requirements;

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style; and

 

     (4)  Changing its effective date to December 21, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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 S.B. No. 3042, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3042, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair