STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2165

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     GOV. MSG. NO. 716

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 716, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

MEMBER, Council on Revenues

 

G.M. No. 716

Carl Bonham,

for a term to expire 06-30-2023,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the personal statement and resume submitted by Carl Bonham for service as a member of the Council on Revenues.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Carl Bonham from the Department of Taxation and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Upon review of the testimony and the nominee's qualifications, your Committee finds that in addition to the nominee's leadership as Executive Director of the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization and experience as a tenured professor in the University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Economics, the nominee's expertise in macroeconomics, tourism economics, and applied economics and forecasting qualify him to continue to serve as a member of the Council on Revenues.

 

Your Committee finds that Mr. Bonham's experience as the longest-serving member of the Council on Revenues provides him with firsthand knowledge of the intricacies and challenges of creating economic forecasts based on Hawaii's particular business and government environments.  Your Committee notes that over the course of the nominee's many years of service on the Council on Revenues, his significant contributions to and guidance of the Council's complex deliberations have had a meaningful impact on the State budget.

 

     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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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair