STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1048

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 702

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 702, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Board of Taxation Review, 4th Taxation District (Kaua'i)

 

G.M. No. 702

JOSE DIOGO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the resume and qualifications of the nominee and finds that the nominee is qualified to serve on the Board of Taxation Review, Fourth Taxation District (Kauai).

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Jose Diogo from the Department of Taxation.

 

     The nominee currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Taxation, Fourth Taxation District and is nominated for a second term.

 

     Jose Diogo is the owner and president of Diogo Appraisal Services, Inc., and has been a state licensed appraiser from October 1991 to December 2009, and a state certified appraiser since January 2008.  Mr. Diogo is a member of the Appraisal Institute and served as a member of the County of Kauai Building Review Board from January 2004 to December 2009.  He has been a member of the County of Kauai Board of Review since March 2011.

 

In addition to his professional experience, Jose Diogo has also been involved in the Kauai community, including as a soccer coach for the American Youth Soccer Organization for the under eight boys division and an assistant basketball coach.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means 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 Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair