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(Page 3) Cannabis was intended for adult personal use, their Lowest Law Enforcement Priority. Law enforcement activities relating to Cannabis offenses include but are not limited to investigations, citation, arrest, search or seizure of property, or providing assistance to the prosecution of Cannabis offenses involving only the adult personal use of Cannabis; (c) Neither the Chief of Police, the Police Commissioner, nor any attorney prosecuting on behalf of the County of Hawaii, nor any associated law enforcement staff, deputies, nor officers shall seek, accept or renew any formal or informal deputization or commissioning by a federal law enforcement agency for the purpose of investigating, citing, or arresting adults, nor for searching or seizing property from adults for Cannabis offenses subject to the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis where such activities would be in violation of that policy, nor shall such authorities exercise such powers that may be ancillary to deputization or commissioning for another purpose. (d) The Hawaii County Council shall not authorize the acceptance or the issuing of any funding that is intended be used to investigate, cite, arrest, prosecute, search or seize property from adults for Cannabis offenses in a manner inconsistent with the county, s Lowest Law Enforcement Priority policy. Section 6: COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS To the full extent allowed by the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, the people, through their county government, request that neither the County Prosecuting Attorney nor any attorney prosecuting on behalf of the County of Hawaii shall prosecute any violations of the sections of Chapter 712-1240 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes regarding possession or cultivation of Cannabis in a manner inconsistent with the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority, as described in Section 4 and 5 of this article; in cases where the amount possessed or grown is less than 24 (twenty four) plants or the dried equivalent, possession for adult personal use shall be presumed. Section 7: EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR CANNABIS ENFORCEMENT (a) Neither the Hawaii County Council, nor the Police Commissioner, nor the Chief of Police, nor any attorneys prosecuting on behalf of the County of Hawaii, 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 4 and 5 of this article. (b) The Hawaii County Council shall not support the acceptance of any funds for the marijuana eradication program. Section 8: COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT The Hawaii County Council shall ensure the timely implementation of this chapter by working with the Chief of Police and/or the Police Commissioner to; (a) 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 4 and 5 of this Article; (b) publish a reporting semi-annually on the implementation of this chapter every first day of June and 3