STAND. COM. REP. NO. 916

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1297

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1297 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, with expanding its coffee farm and coffee mill in Puukolii, Maui.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and MauiGrown Coffee, Inc.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Neighborhood Place of Puna.

 

     Your Committee finds that extending the special purpose revenue bond issuance authorization will help MauiGrown Coffee, Inc., protect its crops against coffee berry borers, coffee leaf rust, and other devastating plant diseases.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1297, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1297, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair