STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1820

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 383, 384, 653

 

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 383, 384, and 653, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Board of Registration of the Islands of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau

 

G.M. No. 383

PATRICK JOHNSTON CHILDS,

for a term to expire 6-30-2011.;

 

G.M. No. 384

DANIEL KAWAMURA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2010.; and

 

G.M. No. 653

PAULA A. ZINA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2008,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the application and resume submitted by nominee Patrick J. Childs and the applications submitted by nominees Daniel Kawamura and Paula A. Zina, your Committee notes the following qualifications:

 

     Patrick J. Childs is the current Chair of the Board of Registration of the Islands of Kaua`i and Ni`ihau.  He is a member of the Hawaii and Kaua`i Bar Associations and practices primarily in the fields of real estate and construction law.  He has been President of the YMCA of Kaua`i from 1989 to the present, and has served as Chair of the COUnty of Kaua`i Police Commission, and has been a Director of the Kaua`i Historical Society, and a member of numerous community organizations, including the Kaua`i Chamber of Commerce and the Kaua`i Jaycees.  Mr. Childs previously was a supervisor with the Kaua`i Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Department of Social Service and Housing, and an Associate with the Law Office of James Krueger on Maui.  Mr. Childs is a resident of Lihue.

 

     Daniel Kawamura has served as office manager at M. Kawamura Farm Enterprises, Inc., from 2002 to the present.  Mr. Kawamura is a resident of Kapaa.

 

     Paula A. Zina is a retired open heart surgical nurse who has lived on Kaua`i for the last fifteen years. 

 

     On March 10, 2007, a hearing was held on the nominations of Patrick J. Childs and Daniel Kawamura.  Your Committee received no testimony from either the nominee or a supporter.  At the end of the hearing, the committee members voted to not recommend the advise and consent of these nominees.  Since then, your Committee has received testimony from the nominees and supporting testimony from Senator Hooser.  In addition, Mr. Childs received testimony in support from a member of the law firm Reinwald O'Conner & Playdon.

 

     Ms. Zina submitted testimony and testimony in support was received from Mr. Hans Zeevat.

 

     On April 7th, 2007, based upon a review of the testimony received, the members of your Committee filed a motion to reconsider as well as a motion for a new vote to recommend the advise and consent of the nomination of Patrick Johnston Childs and Daniel Kawamura to the Board of Registration of the Islands of Kaua‘i and Ni‘hau.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the


nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair