Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 769, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

JERRY NISHEK has been employed with Kauai Nursery & Landscaping Inc. for approximately twenty-six years. Mr. Nishek holds a Civil, General, and Landscaping Contractors License and a Certified Applicator License. He is a member of the Hawaii Farm Bureau, the vice chairperson of the East Kauai Soil and Water Conservation District and is a board member and former president of the Contractors Association of Kauai.

Testimony in support of Mr. Nishek was submitted by the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee finds that the nominee's background and experience make him an asset to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, 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.