STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3438

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 704

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 704, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Board of Land and Natural Resources

G.M. No. 704

STANLEY ROEHRIG, for a term to expire 6-30-2018,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Stanley Roehrig to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and nine individuals.

     Stanley Roehrig is a private attorney with an office in Hilo.  He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Washington School of Law.  Mr. Roehrig also earned a Certificate in Hawaiian Language from the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  He served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Hawaii, Deputy County Attorney for the County of Hawaii, and the first Public Defender for the County of Hawaii.  Mr. Roehrig served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1976, where he was the Chair of the Judiciary and Agriculture Committees.

     Stanley Roehrig possesses a wealth of knowledge about the culture, development, and geography of the County of Hawaii, as well as issues concerning the Island of Hawaii, having been a resident of the island since 1966.  Your Committee finds that Mr. Roehrig's knowledge of Hawaii law, experience in the County of Hawaii community, and interest in land and ocean issues in Hawaii will enable him to make significant contributions to the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land 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 Water and Land,

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MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair