Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 281 · 88 active provisions
Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context: "Addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquor" refers to one who has acquired the habit of using intoxicating liquor excessively to deprive oneself of reasonable self-control, a common drunkard, or a habitual drunkard. "Alcohol" means th…
The articles enumerated in this section shall not, after having been manufactured and prepared for the market, be subject to this chapter if they correspond with the following descriptions and limitations, namely: (1) Denatured alcohol or denatured rum produced and used as provided by laws and regulations now or herein…
It shall be unlawful for any person not having a valid license to manufacture or sell any liquor except as otherwise provided in this chapter; provided that the head of any family may produce for family use and not for sale an amount of wine not exceeding two hundred gallons a year, and an amount of beer not exceeding…
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who keeps or maintains any restaurant or other premises where food, beverages, or entertainment are provided or brought in by patrons or guests, whether for compensation or not, or to which members of the public or members of an organization resort for food, refreshment, or enter…
(a) No person shall consume, purchase, possess, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise distribute powdered alcohol in the State. (b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 281-102. (c) As used in this section, "powdered alcohol" mea…
(a) A liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board, consisting of not less than five members, no more than the minimum required for a quorum of whom shall belong to the same political party at the time of appointment, may be created for each of the counties. The elected executive head of each county may nomin…
The liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board may hire attorneys to assist it in carrying out its administrative functions under this chapter. The assistance may include providing legal advice and prosecuting and defending legal claims under this chapter or arising in connection with this chapter.
The council of each county shall furnish the liquor commission and the liquor control adjudication board of the county suitable quarters for its meetings, the transaction of its business, and the keeping of its records. The office of the commission and board shall at all times be open for the transaction of its busines…
Meetings of the liquor commission or the liquor control adjudication board may be held at any time and as often from time to time as the commission or board deems necessary for the proper transaction of its business, upon call of the chairperson or by any other two members of the commission or board. The administrator…
The liquor commission and liquor control adjudication board shall ensure that complete records are kept of all commission and board meetings, proceedings, and acts with reference to all business pertaining to licenses issued, suspended, and revoked, moneys received as license fees and otherwise, and disbursements by th…
On or before September 30 of each year the chairperson of the liquor commission shall submit to the elected executive head of the county a full report upon the business and operations of the commission during the preceding year, which year shall be coterminous with the fiscal year of the county, with such other matters…
All fees and other moneys collected or received by each liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board under this chapter shall be paid not less than weekly into the general fund of the respective county or a special fund as provided by ordinance. All expenses of the commission or board, including any expenses…
(a) The liquor commission, within its own county, shall have the jurisdiction, power, authority, and discretion, subject only to this chapter: (1) To grant, refuse, suspend, and revoke any license for the manufacture, importation, and sale of liquors; (2) To take appropriate action against a person who, directly or ind…
(a) Any liquor license fee or any increase in an existing liquor license fee sought to be implemented by any commission shall have, as its justification, a direct and proportionate relationship to costs and expenses of the commission in its control, supervision, or regulation of the manufacture, importation, and sale o…
If any person subpoenaed as a witness to attend before the liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board, or to produce any books, papers, or records called for by the process of the commission or board, fails or refuses to respond thereto, or refuses to answer questions propounded by any member of the commiss…
Any investigator may, at all times, without notice and without any search warrant or other legal process, visit and have immediate access to every part of the premises of every licensee for the purpose of making any examination or inspection thereof or inquiry into the books and records therein, to ascertain whether al…
[(a)] Any investigator, police officer, or other law enforcement officer may serve any subpoena issued by the liquor commission, liquor control adjudication board, or administrator. [(b)] Every witness attending or testifying at any hearing of the commission or board in response to a subpoena issued by it or the admini…
(a) A commission employee may support, advocate, or aid in the election or defeat of any candidate for public office, or run for public office; provided the employee: (1) Notifies the commission in writing of the employee's intent to support, advocate, or aid in the election or defeat of a candidate for public office;…
(a) Licenses may be granted by the liquor commission as provided in this section. (b) Class 1. Manufacturer license. A license for the manufacture of liquor shall authorize the licensee to: (1) Manufacture the liquor therein specified; (2) Sell it in original packages to any wholesaler who holds a license to resell it;…
(a) A temporary license of any class and kind specified in section 281-31 may be granted under the following conditions: (1) The premises shall have been operated under a license of the same class, kind, and category issued by the liquor commission at least one year immediately prior to the date of filing of the applic…
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, any trade exhibitor, trade organization or other exhibitor shall apply to the liquor commission or agency administrator for the issuance of a permit, without hearings, fees, notarizing of documents, submission of floor plans, and other requirements, to receive liquor…
The following special powers, privileges, and rights are hereby granted, anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding: (1) Any person arriving in the State may bring with the person for private use and consumption and not for resale, any liquor not exceeding one gallon, and two cases of beer not exceeding s…
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any unlicensed adult person may apply to the liquor commission and be issued, for a nominal fee, except as hereinafter provided, a permit to receive a single shipment of liquor from outside the State, not to exceed five gallons, (19 liters), for use and consumption by th…
(a) Any person holding: (1) A general excise tax license from the department of taxation; and (2) Either: (A) A class 1, class 16, or class 18 license to manufacture wine under section 281-31; or (B) A license to manufacture wine issued by another state, may pay any applicable fees and obtain a direct wine shipper perm…
(a) Notwithstanding section 281-33, any express carrier company, common or contract carrier, except water carriers as defined and regulated by the Surface Transportation Board of the United States, or other person that transports liquor from outside the State for delivery in the State to any person, except those having…