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RESOLUTION NO. 75-16
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE HANDLING
OF CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICA-
TIONS AT DISTRICT ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 10012.5 provides in
part that candidates for elective office in local agencies,
including regional park districts, may prepare and have printed,
translated and mailed to voters statements of qualifications
with respect to their candidacies, and that local agencies may
bill candidates certain costs and charges therefor, and
WHEREAS, the Supreme• Court of California, in Knoll v.
Davidson (1974) Sup., 116 Cal. Rptr. 97, has made clear that
said Elections Code permits the local agency to bill, at its
option, candidates for such costs and charges but does not com-
pel the local agency to collect such costs, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such state law, the Board of Direc-
tors of the Midpeninsula Regional Park District wishes to estab-
lish a fair and uniform policy for the handling of statements
of qualifications of candidates, and for translations thereof,
in connection with Midpeninsula Regional Park District elections,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Midpenin-
sula Regional Park District does resolve that candidates'
statements of qualifications shalt,_ if requested, and transla-
tion of such statements into Spanish only shall, if requested,
be provided by the District at its -expense pursuant to the
Elections Code of the State of California, and that no candidate
shall be billed for availing himself or herself of these services.
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RESOLUTION MO. 75-16
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the
Midpeninsula Regional Park District on July 23 , 19 75
at a regular meeting thereof, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
Katherine Duffy, Barbara Green, Nonette Hanko, Edward
Shelley and Daniel Wendin
None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Secretary president, Board of Di4e�trrs
I, the Secretary of the Midpeninsula Regional Park District,
hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolu-
tion duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the District by the
above vote at a meeting thereof duly held and called on the above
date.
Secretary