STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2414

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 586

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 586, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Taxation Review, 1st Taxation District (Oahu)

 

G.M. No. 586

CURTIS SAIKI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the resume submitted by the nominee and finds that Curtis Saiki possesses the requisite qualifications to be a member of the Board of Taxation Review, 1st Taxation District (Oahu).

 

     Testimony in support of the nomination was submitted by the Department of Taxation and five private citizens.

 

     Upon review of the testimony and other information provided, your Committee finds that Curtis Saiki received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oregon State University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon Law School with a business law certificate, and was a member of the Oregon Law Review for the years 1993-1995 he received a Master of Laws in Taxation at the University of Washington Law School.  Curtis Saiki is an attorney licensed in the states of Hawaii and Washington, a current Vice-President of First Hawaiian Bank, and has accumulated almost twelve years of work experience within the field of taxation, law, and tax consulting.  Mr. Saiki was also the Chairman of the Taxation Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association for the years 2004-2006, and 2011.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means 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 Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair