MCC §2.56.020
Ethics fines do not replace other penalties
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section says that fines for breaking the county ethics code are separate from any other punishment. Officials and agencies can still take their own disciplinary or legal action against someone who broke the rules. The fine does not cancel out other consequences.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Additional action
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The provisions of Section 2.56.010 for the imposition of a fine for the violation of the code of ethics of the county
shall be in addition to and independent of any other right of any public official
or agency to effect disciplinary action or other criminal proceedings against a person
who has violated the code of ethics.
(Ord. 881 § 1 (part), 1977: prior code § 5-6.2)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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