STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2415

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 587

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. 587, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Board of Taxation Review, 2nd Taxation District (Maui)

G.M. No. 587

RANDAL TANIGUCHI, for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the statement submitted by the nominee and finds Randal Taniguchi to possess the requisite qualifications to be a member of the Board of Taxation Review, 2nd Taxation District, Maui.

     Testimony in support of the nomination of Randal Taniguchi was submitted by the Department of Taxation.

     Upon review of the testimony and the statement provided, your Committee finds that Mr. Taniguchi is a certified public accountant and has been employed in the accounting field for twenty-five years on Oahu and Maui.  Mr. Taniguchi received a Bachelor  of Business Administration degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     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