STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3576

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 920

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 920, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Land Use Commission

 

G.M. No. 920

LANCE INOUYE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Lance Inouye to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Land Use Commission ("Commission").

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Lance Inouye from the Department of Transportation; Land Use Commission; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; The Pacific Resource Partnership; Nordic PLC Construction, Inc.; LYZ, Inc.; Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc.; Genba Hawaii, Inc.; Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Hawaii LECET; General Contractors Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Laborers' Union; TOMCO Corp.; S & M Sakamoto, Inc.; Rons Construction Corporation; Masons Union Local 1 HI and Local 630; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; and twenty individuals.

 

     Mr. Lance Inouye has been licensed to practice law for over thirty years with over twenty years of experience as an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association Panel and Hawaii Court Annexed Arbitration Panel.  He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ralph S. Inouye Co., Ltd., General Contractor, since 1981.  Through his legal and engineering backgrounds and work as a general contractor, Mr. Inouye gained extensive experience dealing with quasi-judicial processes and with environmental rules and regulations relating to the construction, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings and other public construction projects.  His knowledge and experience will be a valuable asset to the Commission.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair