Bill Text: HI SB221 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Liquor License; Liquor Commission; Restaurant License; Growler
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - Re-Referred to PSM, CPH. [SB221 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB221-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to intoxicating liquor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 281-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) Class 2. Restaurant license.
(1) A license under this class shall authorize the licensee to sell liquor specified in this subsection for consumption on the premises; provided that a restaurant licensee, with commission approval, may provide off-premises catering of food and liquor; provided further that the catering activity shall be directly related to the licensee's operation as a restaurant. A licensee under this class shall be issued a license according to the category of establishment the licensee owns or operates. The categories of establishment shall be as follows:
(A) A standard bar; or
(B) Premises in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided. Facilities for dancing by the patrons may be permitted as provided by commission rules.
(2) If a licensee under class 2 desires to change the category of establishment the licensee owns or operates, the licensee shall apply for a new license applicable to the category of the licensee's establishment.
(3) Of this class, there shall be the following kinds:
(A) General (includes all liquor except alcohol);
(B) Beer and wine; and
(C) Beer.
Notwithstanding section 281-57, the commission may approve at one public hearing and without notice the change to a class 2 restaurant license of a licensee holding a class 5 dispenser license who meets the requirements of a class 2 license. The commission may allow a licensee under class 2 to sell malt beverages manufactured on the licensee's premises to consumers in brewery-sealed kegs and growlers for off-premises consumption; provided that for purposes of this paragraph, "growler" means a glass or metal container, not to exceed one half-gallon, which shall be securely sealed."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Liquor License; Liquor Commission; Restaurant License; Growler
Description:
Permits the liquor commission to allow a restaurant licensee to sell malt beverages manufactured on the restaurant premises in brewery-sealed kegs and growlers. Defines "growler" as a glass or metal container, not to exceed one half-gallon, which shall be securely sealed.
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