Bill Text: HI HB884 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Intoxicating Liquor; Prohibitions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Referred to HSG, JUD, referral sheet 5 [HB884 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB884-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO OPEN CONTAINERS OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding to part VII a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§281- Open containers; public housing. No person shall possess or store, while on any sidewalk or common area within a public housing project as defined in section 356D-1 or state low-income housing project as defined in section 356D-51, any bottle, can, or other receptacle containing any intoxicating liquor that has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed."
SECTION 2. Section 281-78, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) No person shall consume any liquor on any:
(1) Public highway, except as permitted in section 291-3.4;
(2) Public sidewalk, including any sidewalk within a
public housing project as defined in section 356D-1 or [356D-91;] state
low-income housing project as defined in 356D-51; or
(3) Common area of a public housing project as
defined in section 356D-1 or [356D-91.] state low-income housing
project as defined in section 356D-51. For purposes of this paragraph,
"common area" means roofs, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs,
stairways, fire escapes, entrances and [[]exits[]] of the
building or buildings, basements, yards, gardens, recreational facilities,
parking areas, storage spaces, and other parts of the project normally in
common use or other areas designated by the Hawaii public housing
authority."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Intoxicating Liquor; Prohibitions
Description:
Prohibits the possession or storage of an open container holding intoxicating liquor on any sidewalk or common area within any public housing project under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
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