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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 4425 1995-11-13 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 26, 1996. WHEREAS, 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. Section 3. 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 26, 1996, may prepare a Candidate's Statement on the 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 I ~thari two hundred (200) words of the candidate's ed~cation 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 the office of the city Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are f~led. The Statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomin~tion papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.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 POLICY. The City Clerk shall have translated only those statements into Spanish as requested by the candidate. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in English, and for the translating and printing of the candidates statement in a foreign language. 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 I I I I I Resolution Number ~~~ 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 may 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. Section 4. 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. Section 5. Section 6. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed. Section 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the election(s) to be held on March 26, 1996 and if necessary, May 14, 1996, and shall then be repealed. 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 ~~he Seal a meeting thereof held on the ~ day 1995, by the following v : ~. AYES: Councilmemb ~;a~ld':~~ya~ NOES: ABSENT: I ATTEST: Resolution Number #d6 STATE OF CALIFO~~IA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) I, Joanne M. 'leo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that the f9f~~Resolution is the oriqinal copy of Resolution Number ~ on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed approved an adopted by the City Council ~ire City of S each a m tinq thereof held on the ~ day of , 1995. > ," . [ t # if .' ,.' I I I