Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 361, submitting for consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Testimony in support of the nomination of JAMES J.C. HAYNES, II was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and ten individuals. One individual testified in opposition to the nomination.

James J.C. Haynes, II is Chief Executive Officer of Maui Petroleum, Inc., Hawaii Petroleum, Inc., and Mini Stop. He has served on the University of Hawaii Board of Regents since September 2003. In addition to his long career as a businessman, Mr. Haynes has served as a trustee of Seabury Hall since 1980, and has contributed materially to that school's recent fund-raising effort.

Your Committee nevertheless finds that there are larger concerns regarding the extent to which this and other Regents are performing their fiduciary responsibility to the University. Your Committee did not learn of any significant improvements made to the University by the Board during this Regent's tenure. Your Committee finds that there are many pressing issues that the Regents need to address, including but not limited to sharing the wealth with native Hawaiians generated from the use of ceded lands on Mauna Kea by the University and affiliated observatories, and directing sufficient funds toward the University's programs for training nurses and teachers to meet the evident shortages in these professions. Your Committee believes that the nominee is aware of the Committee's concerns.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found that the nominee should be considered for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.