STAND. COM. REP. NO. 342

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 741

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 741 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the liquor commission of each county to prohibit any person from working as a server or seller at a licensed premise in the county unless the person is certified by the liquor commission as a server or seller.  This measure also allows the county liquor commission to adopt rules to develop and offer a certification program for servers and sellers.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from three entities.

 

     Your Committee finds that certification processes, if developed and implemented effectively, can ensure that those selling and serving liquor in Hawaii do so responsibly and with an understanding of relevant state laws.  Certification can be an effective means of combating illegal practices such as underage drinking and drunk driving.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 741 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

		____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair