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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3121 1981-12-14 , I I I ~- . ~ . RESOLUTION NUMBER ~,1~J' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE PRIMARY NOMINATING MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESD~Y, MARCH 30, 1982. WHEREAS, Section l0012 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 thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section l. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section lOOl2 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the Primary Nominating Municipal Election to be held in the City of Seal Beach on March 30, 1982, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such 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. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The candidate may submit a photograph of himself to be printed with the candidate's state- ment. Such statement shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. Section 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's statement to those candidates who wish to have one, and shall select a person to provide such translation from the list of approved Spanish language trans- lators and interpreters of the superior court of the county or from an institution accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The cost of including the Spanish translation in the voters pamphlet shall be included in the total cost as specified in Section 4 of this resolution. ' Section 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package. Section 4. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance his or her pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for any cost in excess of the deposit and shall refund any unused portion of any deposit. Section 5. 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 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted. , I I I PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council o~~ City of Seal Calif nia, at a mee ing thereof held on the " ~ day of , 1981, by the following vote: t1 . .. Resol ution Number .3/:J../ AYES: Counci lmembe NOES: Councilmembers: ABSENT: Councilmembers: Beach, ~~-~~~ ATTEST: ,. -2-