Maui County, HI Public Conduct: Outdoor Smoking Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Bus stop buffer
- 20 feet, § 8.20.030(Q)
- Vehicle-with-minor ban
- Any vehicle w/ under-18 passenger
- General fine
- $25 to $50
- Vehicle-with-minor fine
- Flat $200
- Covers vaping
- Yes, electronic devices included
Summary
Maui County's smoking ban reaches outdoors in two places: within twenty feet of any County bus stop or shelter, and inside any motor vehicle carrying a passenger under eighteen, on a public or public-access private road. The vehicle-with-minor violation carries a flat $200 fine under section 8.20.040.
Q.Any bus stop established pursuant to chapter 11.07 of this code. The area of the bus stop for which the smoking prohibition applies shall extend out from the bus stop sign and the footprint of the shelter in every direction by twenty feet. The footprint of the shelter is defined by vertical planes extending down from the outermost edges of the shelter overhang or roof, if any.R.Any motor vehicle operated on a public roadway, or a private roadway open to the public, whenever occupied by a person under eighteen years of age. ... Any person violating any of the provisions of this ... chapter shall be fined not less than $25 and not more than $50; provided that the fine for a violation of section 8.20.030.R of this chapter shall be $200.
Full Breakdown
030 reach open air. 07, measured out from the bus stop sign and from the vertical planes of the shelter's overhang or roof if the stop has one. Subsection R bans smoking in any motor vehicle, on any public roadway or private roadway open to the public, whenever a passenger under eighteen is inside, regardless of whether the vehicle's windows are open. Subsection N separately bars smoking in any vehicle the County itself owns or leases. 050. The chapter defines 'smoking' broadly to include electronic smoking devices such as vape pens and e-cigarettes, not just burning tobacco, so the twenty-foot bus stop buffer and the minor-in-vehicle rule both apply to vaping as well as to cigarettes and cigars.
Violations & Fines
Most smoking-chapter violations, including the twenty-foot bus stop buffer, carry a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $50. Section 8.20.030.R, smoking in a vehicle carrying a minor, is singled out for a steeper flat fine of $200. The fire department issues signage citations under section 8.20.035, while the police department cites the underlying smoking violations.
Frequently Asked Questions
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