County clerk must send annual cannabis policy letters to officials

(a) After the enactment of this article, the county clerk shall send letters on an annual basis (every June 1st of each year) to the mayor of the county, the county of Hawai‘i voters’ Congressional Delegation, Hawai‘i’s U.S. senators, the county of Hawai‘i voters’ representatives in the Hawai‘i State Legislature, the Governor of Hawai‘i, and the President of the United States. This letter shall state; “The citizens of the County of Hawai‘i have passed an initiative to make Cannabis offenses the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority, where the Cannabis is intended for adult personal use, and request that the federal and state branches of government remove criminal penalties for the cultivation, possession and use of Cannabis for adult personal use; the citizens also request that Cannabis policies here within the county of Hawai‘i be dealt with from our local law enforcement only.” The letters may also state, be it the will of the county council; that according to the three year study performed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more people used methamphetamine as a result of the marijuana eradication program; they may also express that methamphetamine is a growing problem in our community and more help would be appreciated in that area, and that the first action that would help in that area would be to end the marijuana eradication program. (b) This duty shall be carried out until state and federal laws are changed accordingly. (2008, ord 08-181, sec 9.) 14-103