HCC §14-101
No county money for cannabis enforcement against the rules
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section stops county officials and police from spending public money on cannabis investigations, arrests, or prosecutions that go against the county's lowest law enforcement priority rules. It also stops the council from accepting money for the marijuana eradication program.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Expenditure of funds for cannabis enforcement
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Neither the council, nor the police commissioner, nor the chief of police, nor any attorneys prosecuting on behalf of the county, nor any associated law enforcement staff, deputies, or officers shall spend or authorize the expenditure of any public funds for the investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person, nor for the search or seizure of any property in a manner inconsistent with the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority as defined in section 14-98 and 14-99 of this article. (b) The council shall not support the acceptance of any funds for the marijuana eradication program. (2008, ord 08-181, sec 7.) 14-101
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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