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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 5178 2003-10-27 I I I WHEREAS, RESOLUTION NUMBER ~~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT THE PRIMARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 2004, AND IF NECESSARY, AT A GENERAL (RUN-OFF) ELECTION ON MAY 11t", 2004. Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the Primary Municipal Election to be held in the City of Seal Beach on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004, may prepare a Candidate's Statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The Statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The Statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The Statement shall be filed (in typewritten form) in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The Statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. Candidate statements shall remain confidential until the expiration of the filing deadline. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POL~CY. Pursuant to State law, the candidates statement must be translated and printed in any required language at the candidates request. The City Clerk shall have translated only those statements into Spanish as requested by the candidate. Resolution Number ~1~ Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in English in the voters pamphlet; the candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any required foreign language as specified above pursuant to State and/or Federal law; and the candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language in the voters pamphlet. I The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is only an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly, the Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expenses or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the Clerk ~ay require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within thirty (30) days of the election. I ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed. I That this Resolution shall apply only to the elections to be held on March 2nd, 2004 and if necessary, May 11th, 2004, and shall then be repealed. I I I Resolution Number ~1~ Section 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and shall enter same in the book of original Resolutions of the City. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at~~thereOf held on the ~~ day of , 2003, by the f~ng vote: AYES. Counciloe...JZ:(LjYd/, /J;;!..rf..,{/./ NOES: ~ Councilmembers !. ABSENT: ~ Councilmembers. ./ '-} ~dPj, P ~-"~ Mayor ' STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that the fOrjO~~g Resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number I on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved and adopted by the City Council o~iI. City of Seal,.w.~h .at ~ meeting thereof held on the - day of ~ , 2003.