Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 504, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of CHARLES KAULUWEHI MAXWELL SR. from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.

Mr. Maxwell worked as a Maui County Police Officer from 1959 to 2000. He is currently a cultural specialist.

Your Committee finds that Mr. Maxwell is presently the Chair of the Burial Council for the Islands of Maui and Lanai and was instrumental in the development of Hawaii's burial laws and regulations. He has been active in advocating for the protection of native burial sites and has extensive knowledge of native Hawaiian burial practices and traditions. Your Committee further finds that Mr. Maxwell has assisted the Department in responding to inadvertent burial discoveries for years and your Committee recommends that he continue to serve as part of the Burial Council.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs 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.