STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3600

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 587

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 587, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Hawai'i Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances

 

G.M. No. 587

DALLEN K. PALEKA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that Dallen K. Paleka will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the government functions related to solutions for abuse of controlled substances.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has been appointed based upon his credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through his participation on the Hawai'i Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances to which he has been nominated.

 

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Dallen K. Paleka from the Department of Health; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Department of Public Safety; Ikaika, Inc.; Hope Chapel Olomana; and twenty-one individuals.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that are 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 Health,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair