STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3099

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 510

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 510, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

State Highway Safety Council

 

G.M. No. 510

BYRON FUJIEDA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Byron Fujieda to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the State Highway Safety Council.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Byron Fujieda from the Department of Transportation, Office of the Public Defender, Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, and one individual.

 

     Byron Fujieda is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the County of Maui.  He received a Juris Doctorate degree from Gonzaga University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Mr. Fujieda also served as Law Clerk to the Honorable John C. Bryant, and he was a Hawaii State House Finance Committee Staff Researcher.  He has extensive training and experience in prosecuting traffic and drug cases, among other prosecutorial areas.

 

     More specifically, Mr. Fujieda's legal background, when combined with his work experiences on safety issues over the last ten years, will provide the Council with a unique blend of skillsets to further the mission and objectives of the Council.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs 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 Transportation and International Affairs,

 

 

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair