STAND. COM. REP. NO.  641

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 770

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 770, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the State's liquor laws to:

(1)  Authorize:

(A)  Restaurants with a liquor license to sell beer, malt beverages, or cider for off-premises consumption, subject to certain conditions;

(B)  Retail dealers with a liquor license to sell beer, malt beverages, or cider in non-original packages, subject to certain conditions; and

(C)  Brewpubs and small craft producer pubs with a liquor license to sell malt beverages manufactured on the licensee's premises or purchased from a manufacturer licensee, wholesale dealer licensee, brewpub licensee, or small craft producer pub licensee, subject to certain conditions; and

(2)  Include ceramic containers under the definition of "growler" as it applies to small craft producer pub and brewpub licenses.

The Hawaii Food Industry Association supported this measure.  Hawaii Liquor Wholesalers Association opposed this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 770, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair