Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 855, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COFFEE PEST CONTROL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Extend the sunset dates for the Pesticide Subsidy Program and Pesticide Subsidy Program Manager position for an additional two years;
(2) Provide that the $600 per year subsidy limit for each single coffee grower applies to coffee berry borer control, with a separate $600 annual limit per grower for coffee leaf rust control;
(3) Provide that no single coffee grower can receive subsidies totaling more than $12,000 per year after June 30, 2021, and before July 1, 2023; and
(4) Expand the list of pesticides that the Department of Agriculture is required to establish to include those effective against coffee leaf rust.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Rancho Aloha, Kona Perfect, Kona Mountain Coffee, Konaloha Farms, Kona Coffee Farmers Association, Hawaii Coffee Association, Synergistic Hawaii Agriculture Council, Huahua Farm, and nine individuals.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Making unspecified the total annual amount for which a single coffee grower can receive subsidies after June 30, 2021, and before July 1, 2023; and
(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 855, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 855, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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