STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1449

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 342

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 342, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Health

 

G.M. No. 342

DICK E. SMITH REHS, MPH,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominee will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the functions related to health care for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has been appointed based on his credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through his participation on the Board of Health to which he has been nominated.

 

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Dick E. Smith from five individuals.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Smith retired in 1996 as a state of California Registered Environmental Health Specialist, after a 32 year career working for three different local health departments in the State of California.  This included traditional environmental health programs such as food, water, sewage, solid waste and land development.  The last ten years were managing hazardous materials, hazardous waste, and biohazardous waste enforcement programs.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health 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 Health,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair