STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3126

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 296, 297

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 296 and 297, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Interstate Compact for Juveniles

G.M. No. 296	WENDELL K. KIKUCHI, for a term to expire 6-30-2010; and
G.M. No. 297	WENDELL K. KIKUCHI, for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Wendell K. Kikuchi to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.

     Testimony in support of Wendell K. Kikuchi was submitted by the Judiciary and the Department of Human Services Office of Youth Services.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Wendell K. Kikuchi is currently the Deputy Chief Court Administrator II of the Client Services Division, First Judicial Circuit, and has over thirty years of professional and administrative service with the Judiciary.  He has served as the Deputy Compact Administrator for the Interstate Compact on Juveniles since January 2005, and as the interim Compact Administrator for the Interstate Compact for Juveniles since July 2009.  Mr. Kikuchi is a graduate of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, with a Bachelor's of Sociology and a Masters of Social Work.

Pursuant to Act 93, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, Hawaii joined the new Interstate Compact for Juveniles, which replaces the current Interstate Compact on Juveniles.  As the Deputy Compact Administrator for the old Interstate Compact on Juveniles, and the Interim Compact Administrator for the new compact, Mr. Kikuchi has been actively involved with the implementation of the new compact for the State of Hawaii and with the creation and operation of the Hawaii State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision, which was also established by Act 93.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations 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 nominations.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair