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DEPARTMENTAL The Chair directed the Committee to take up the OVERVIEW: Departmental Overview. DEPARTMENT Mr. Hideo Kuniyoshi read and presented his statement- OF LIQUOR (See Attachment I - page 1) CONTROL: MR. KUNIYOSHI: Now, I' d like to explain the organizational and functional makeup of our department. At this time, Mr. Kuniyoshi submitted the organizational chart for the Department of Liquor Control. (See Attachment II) The. Department of Liquor Control is composed of three divisions. I have on the top the Mayor and Council which appoints/removes the Liquor Commission members and the Liquor Control Adjudication Board members; the Council also approves the rules and regulations of both bodies ; and the Mayor and the Council appropriates the funds. The block on the left is the Liquor Commission, this is the legislative body. The one on the right is the Liquor Control Adjudication Board which is the judicial body, and I, as the Director of Liquor Control, represent the Executive Branch. I' ll briefly try to explain the powers of each of these groups. The Liquor Commission is composed of seven members appointed by the Mayor, confirmed by the Council on a geographical basis throughout the County of Hawaii. The Liquor Control Board is made up of five members on the same basis. Item No. 1, on the Liquor Commission. It says appoint and remove the Director, primarily, after I leave the office. This refers to my successor. Prior to the Charter, I was a civil service employee and therefore with the adoption of the Charter, I am what you call, grandfathered by the Civil Rules and Regulations. It' s someplace in here, I think under the Transition of Positions. It says that all department heads or deputies who have civil service status are covered until a successor is appointed. Item No. 2, this is the primary duty of the Liquor Commission. The primary job is to consider granting or refusing, or renewal of liquor licenses. The meetings are held once a month, primarily to consider these areas. The third is the rules and regulations. From time to time we do amend the rules and regulations of the Liquor Commission, and at that time, this body is the one that does the adoption of the rules. Fourth, it says other duties provided by law not inconsistent with Charter. This refers to the State law which I just mentioned, Chapter 281. Under this state law, I made reference to Chapter 281-17. This section gives the powers and duties of the Liquor Commission. Some of these powers and duties are naturally divided with the adoption of the Charter because these powers and duties provisionally had to do with adjudicatory functions. So the powers and duties which originally were only given to one body have been divided. The adjudicatory functions are referred to the adjudication board, and such things as granting of the licenses still remain with the Liquor Commission. - 3- -