STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3451

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 632

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 632, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Board of Physical Therapy

 

G.M. No. 632

RUSSELL CHUNG,

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 Russell Chung to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Physical Therapy.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Russell Chung from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and four individuals.

 

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that Mr. Chung's background and prior experience on two State boards qualify him for appointment to the Board of Physical Therapy as a public member.  Your Committee notes that Mr. Chung is a landscape architect with over thirty years of experience in California and Hawaii.  Mr. Chung is currently the Executive Vice-President of PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc., a Hawaii company that focuses on landscape architecture, land planning, environmental studies, and graphic design.  Mr. Chung will bring valuable experience to the Board of Physical Therapy by virtue of his previous service on the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board as a public member and the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects as a licensee member.  Your Committee further finds that Mr. Chung has a thorough understanding of the role and responsibilities of board members and recommends that Mr. Chung be appointed to the Board of Physical Therapy based on his knowledge, experience, and commitment to community service.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection 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 Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair