STAND. COM. REP. NO.2918
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2248
H.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2248, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR PROCESSING ENTERPRISES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Poaka, Incorporated, a State of Hawaii corporation, in planning and constructing a food processing plant, which includes freeze-drying, for coffee and other agricultural products.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Genesis, Inc. and Kona Pacific Farmers Cooperative.
Your Committee finds that most of Hawaii's seven million pounds of green coffee production is sold raw, then processed in the continental United States. This processing plant will retain and bolster a greater part of the agricultural industry here in Hawaii by adding value, increasing employment, extending shelf life, and improving sanitary conditions.
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. 2248, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
____________________________ JAN YAGI BUEN, Chair |
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