Bill Text: HI HB515 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Liquor Prohibitions; Public Housing
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB515 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB515-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 INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. 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] Consume any liquor on any public
highway, except as permitted in section 291-3.4;
(2) [Public] Consume any liquor on any
public sidewalk, including any sidewalk within a public housing project [as
defined in section 356D-1 or 356D-91];
(3) [Common] Consume any liquor on any common
area of a public housing project [as defined in section 356D-1 or 356D-91. 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.];
or
(4) Possess or keep, while on any sidewalk or common area within a public housing project, any bottle, can, or other receptacle containing any intoxicating liquor which has been opened, has a broken seal, or the contents of which have been partially removed.
For purposes of this subsection:
"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.
"Public housing project" means a public housing project as defined in section 356D-1 or 356D-91 or a state low-income housing project as defined in section 356D-51."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Liquor Prohibitions; Public Housing
Description:
Prohibits possessing or keeping, while on any sidewalk or common area within a public housing project, any bottle, can, or other receptacle containing any intoxicating liquor which has been opened, has a broken seal, or the contents of which have been partially removed. Adds "state low-income housing project" to definition of public housing project for purposes of liquor control.
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