STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3567

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 198
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations and Housing, to
which was referred Governor's Message No. 198, submitting for
study and consideration the nomination of:

RENTAL HOUSING TRUST FUND ADVISORY COMMISSION

     G.M. No. 198     LESLIE Y. KURISAKI, for a term to expire
                      June 30, 2004,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the testimony and the statements submitted by
the nominee, your Committee finds that Leslie Y. Kurisaki has the
necessary character, experience, and qualifications to serve on
the Rental Housing Trust Fund Advisory Commission.

     Testimony in support of Leslie Y. Kurisaki was received from
the Governor's Special Assistant for Housing and the Housing and
Community Development Corporation of Hawaii.

     Leslie Y. Kurisaki earned her Master's degree in urban
planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a
current member of the Rental Housing Trust Fund Advisory
Commission.  Leslie Y. Kurisaki possesses an extensive
professional background in planning and is a member of the
American Planning Association.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Government Operations and Housing that is attached
to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the

 
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background, character, experience, and qualifications of the
nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position
to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and
consent to the nomination.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Government
                                   Operations and Housing,



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                                   ROD TAM, Chair

 
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