MCC §3.56.040
How the county handles gifts and donations
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section explains how the county mayor deals with gifts and donations. The mayor must tell the council about offers, can accept small gifts under certain rules, and must report them. Money gifts must be put into the budget within a year.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Use of gifts and donations
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.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the mayor shall recommend to the council
acceptance or rejection of a gift or donation within thirty days after receiving an
offer of the gift or donation.
B.
The mayor may receive and authorize the use of gifts or donations of personal property
having a fair market value of $750 or less, not including money or equivalents of
money, subject to the following: not later than thirty days after the end of the fiscal
year, the mayor shall transmit a report detailing all such gifts and donations for
the fiscal year. The mayor shall return immediately any gift or donation which the
council, after considering the report, does not accept.
C.
The mayor may accumulate gifts and donations of money accepted by the council, but
shall include the accumulated amount for appropriation in a proposed budget or budget
amendment within one year.
(Ord. 1356 § 1 (part), 1983)
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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