STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3455

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 536

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

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

 

Council on Revenues

 

G.M. No. 536

MIKE HAMASU,

for a term to expire 06-30-2027,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the professional history submitted by Mike Hamasu for service on the Council on Revenues.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment of Mike Hamasu from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Upon review of the testimony and the nominee's qualifications, your Committee recognizes that Mike Hamasu earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii and a Master's degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.  He has more than thirty years of experience in marketing and marketing research and has advised clients including the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and Kamehameha Schools.  He also established the real estate consulting division for Colliers Hawaii and has helped oversee more than two billion dollars in commercial development and investment activity in the State.  Your Committee believes that Mike Hamasu's expertise and experience make him highly qualified to serve the State on the Council on Revenues.

 

     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