Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 872, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Science and Technology International (STI) in planning and building a freeze dried processing plant in Eleele, Kauai.

STI testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that to develop additional markets for Hawaii-grown coffee, the industry must add new products such as freeze dried coffee.

Your Committee has amended this bill by removing Eleele, Kauai, as the site of the planned freeze dried processing plant.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 872, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 872, H.D. 2, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.