Bill Text: HI HCR92 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Intoxicating Liquors; Study

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-08 - (S) Referred to TIA. [HCR92 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR92-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	92
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF MANDATORY STATEWIDE TRAINING STANDARDS FOR SELLERS AND SERVERS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, as of January 1, 2009, Hawaii was one of only fifteen states without an alcoholic beverage server training law, according to the National Institutes of Health; and

 

     WHEREAS, unlike most states, Hawaii lacks a state liquor commission and instead leaves the licensing and regulation of commercial alcoholic beverages to be handled by county jurisdiction according to the Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     WHEREAS, current server training requirements vary significantly by county and when certification is granted to an employee in one county, it is not transferable to establishments in other counties; and

 

     WHEREAS, one of the contributing factors to Hawaii's high rate of drunk driving fatalities and violent crimes may be the lack of training to identify and deal with overdrinking by patrons, to refuse service to underage drinkers, and to understand the consequences of driving while intoxicated; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature wants to deter driving under the influence of alcohol by providing the county liquor commissions with a statutory tool to render their activities more effectively and not to interfere with or compromise their continuing work; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is requested to study the feasibility of establishing mandatory uniform statewide standards for the training and certification of those involved in the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages in commercial establishments including identifying who should be trained, impacts on liability insurance, and costs to establishments; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in collaboration with the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii, is requested to establish a working group of appropriate governmental and community agencies to provide input into this study; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, the Mayors of each county, the Chairperson of the Council for each of the counties, and the Chairperson of the Liquor Commissions or Liquor Control Adjudication Boards of each county, and the Executive Director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:  

Intoxicating Liquors; Study