Bill Text: HI HB1925 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Liquor; Manufacturer License

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 302, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1419). [HB1925 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1925-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3129

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1925

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1925, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIQUOR,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow holders of class 1 manufacturer liquor licenses to sell beer, wine, or other specified liquor manufactured or distilled in Hawaii in any quantity to wholesalers in original packages or for private use and consumption.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Maui Brewing Co.; Manulele Holdings, LLC; Hawaiian Agricultural Products, LLC; and one individual.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Liquor Wholesalers Association; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; and Tedeschi Vineyards, Ltd. 

 

     Your Committees find that this measure will increase business opportunities for local liquor manufacturers by creating a new market for direct-to-consumer sales.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Adding language to clarify that under this measure, class 1 manufacturer liquor licenses will allow licensees to sell beer, wine, or other liquor manufactured or distilled on the licensee's premises from fruits or other products grown in the State; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1925, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1925, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair		____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair