Bill Text: HI HB286 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hotel Class Liquor License; Condominium Hotel Class Liquor License
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-30 - Act 057, 4/30/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). [HB286 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB286-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TOURISM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that tourism is the mainstay of the State's economy, with approximately one out of every three jobs in the State linked directly or indirectly to the tourism industry. A deep inventory of hotels and condominium hotels of sufficient quality and accommodation is important to the maintenance and development of this crucial industry. Recent Hawaii tourism trends reveal an increasing number of families vacationing in condominium hotels, with an increased demand for units within hotels and condominium hotels that allow room service, mini-bar access, and other amenities tied to liquor licensing requirements.
The purpose of this Act is to support the State's tourism industry by increasing the inventory of condominium hotel and hotel rooms in which liquor is available by eliminating the requirement that a condominium hotel or hotel have a kitchen and dining room to qualify for a hotel class liquor license.
SECTION 2. Section 281-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definitions of "condominium hotel" and "hotel" to read as follows:
""Condominium hotel" means an establishment consisting of one or more buildings that includes:
(1) Guest rooms that are apartments, as defined in section 514A-3, or units, as defined in section 514B-3, which are used to provide transient lodging for periods of less than thirty days under a written contract with the owner of the apartment or unit in the condominium hotel operation; and
(2) Guest rooms that are units,
owned or managed by the condominium hotel operator providing transient lodging
for periods of less than thirty days, which are offered for adequate pay to
transient guests[; and
(3) A suitable and
adequate kitchen and dining room, where meals are regularly prepared and served
to guests and other customers].
A "condominium hotel" does not include a hotel that may be part of a condominium property regime established under chapter 514A or 514B, that does not have guest rooms that are separate apartments, as defined in section 514A-3, or units, as defined in section 514B-3.
"Hotel" means an establishment
consisting of one or more buildings which contain [(1)] such total
number of rooms as may be prescribed by the commission and in which rooms
sleeping accommodations are provided and offered for adequate pay to transient
or permanent guests[; and (2) a suitable and adequate kitchen and dining
room, where meals are regularly prepared and served to hotel guests and other
customers]."
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.
Report Title:
Hotel Class Liquor License; Condominium Hotel Class Liquor License
Description:
Deletes the requirement that a condominium hotel or hotel have a commercial kitchen and dining room for liquor licensing purposes. (SD1)
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