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HERBERT T. MATAYOSHI *id %�� * HIDEO KUNIYOSHI <br /> MAYOR Jw� DIRECTOR <br /> DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONTROL <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> 25 AUPUNI STREET <br /> HILO, HAWAII 96720 <br /> PRESENTATION TO THE CHARTER COMMISSION <br /> DATE: January 16 , 1979 <br /> TIME: 3 :15 P.M. <br /> Mr. Chairman and Members of the Charter Commission: <br /> My name is Hideo "Lefty" Kuniyoshi . I am the Director of the <br /> Department of Liquor Control. <br /> Mr. Chairman, before ,I make my presentation on the organizational <br /> and functional makeup of our department I would like your permission to <br /> give the commission a brief overview of why our department exists . <br /> Simply put, the question is: "What are we here for?" <br /> What is the purpose of the existence of our department? The product <br /> is liquor. Liquor is a drug. A drug can be good and it can be bad. <br /> Since it can be bad, and it can get out of hand, legal controls are <br /> instituted through the machinery of government. <br /> Therefore, the existence of our department is based upon our <br /> preamble (the preamble represents the goals and objectives) of liquor <br /> control. The preamble of the liquor commission' s rules and regulations <br /> reads as follows: "The rules and regulations are adopted to protect <br /> the health, safety and welfare of the people of the County of Hawaii <br /> and to promote and foster temperance in the consumption of alcoholic <br /> beverages by sound and prudent control and regulations of the manufacture, <br /> sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. " <br /> As you are aware, the federal government once attempted to legislate <br /> morality by enacting a law (the 18th amendment to the Constitution of <br /> the United States) prohibiting the manufacture, sale and consumption of <br /> liquor. The law did not work. Therefore, through the repeal of the <br /> 21st amendment, the federal government delegated its powers of liquor <br /> control to the respective states. <br /> For your information, there are two laws which govern liquor control <br /> in Hawaii-- Chapter 281, HRS, which is the State Intoxicating Liquor Law, <br /> and the Rules and Regulations of the Hawaii Liquor Commission. <br /> Now, I would like to explain the organizational and functional <br /> makeup of our department. <br /> COMM, _ <br /> LIQUOR COMMISSION LIQUOR CONTROL ADJUDICATION BOARD <br />