STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1062

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 536

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 536, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Pest Control Board

 

G.M. No. 536

RONALD S. WEINBERG,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this nominee from the Executive Officer of the Pest Control Board of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that this nominee for reappointment as a public member of the Pest Control Board has demonstrated a strong commitment to and understanding of his role as a member of this regulatory board.  Your Committee notes that the nominee has attended twenty-one of the twenty-three meetings scheduled during his previous term of service with the Pest Control Board and has provided insights from the public's perspective that have been invaluable to the deliberations of the Board.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee's more than thirty years as a scientist and experience serving on numerous professional and public boards and committees including the Alameda County Public Health Advisory Board have afforded him technical knowledge and insight into the workings of the regulatory system.  Finally, your Committee finds that this nominee has been nominated for reappointment to the Pest Control Board based on his knowledge, experience, and commitment to public service.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection 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.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair