HCC §14-102
County council must oversee cannabis law changes and report twice a year
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗The county council must work with police leaders to set up a way for people to complain if they think police acted against the county's low priority for cannabis. The council must also publish a report every June 1 and December 1, starting June 1, 2009, with details about cannabis arrests, citations, seizures, and other related information.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Community oversight
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.
The council shall ensure the timely implementation of this chapter by working with the chief of police and/or the police commissioner to: (1) Provide for procedures to receive grievances from individuals who believe that they were subjected to law enforcement activity contrary to the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of cannabis, which is described in section 14-98 and 14- 99 of this article; and (2) Publish a report semi-annually on the implementation of this chapter every first day of June and every first day of December, from this day forward, with the first report being issued June 1, 2009. These reports shall include but not be limited to: the number of all arrests, citations, property seizures, and prosecutions for all cannabis offenses in the county, the number of complaints regarding marijuana eradication over-flights; the breakdown of all cannabis arrests and citations by race, age, specific charge, and classification as infraction, misdemeanor, or felony, the estimated time and money spent by the county on law enforcement and punishment for adult cannabis offenses, and any instances of officers or deputies assisting in state or federal enforcement of adult cannabis offenses. These reports shall be published with the cooperation of the county prosecuting attorney, the chief of police, and all associated law enforcement staff in providing needed data. (2008, ord 08-181, sec 8.) 14-102 SUPP. 1 (1-2017) 14-44 GENERAL WELFARE § 14-103
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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