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ORDINANCE N0. 125a
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, ESTA4LISHING
A FILING FEE FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICES OF SAID CITY
WHEREAS, there are costs in processing a candidate's
nomination paper for an elective office at municipal elections
held in the City of Lynwood; and
WHEREAS, Section 22843 of the Elections Code of
the State of California authorizes a City Council to impose
a filing fee proportionate to the costs of processing a
candidate's nomination paper but not exceeding $25.00:
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Lynwood, DOES ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. A filing fee of $25.00 is hereby established
for candidate's nomination papers for elective offices at
municipal elections held in the City of Lynwood.
Section 2. The filing fee shall be paid to the
City Clerk by each candidate for an elective office at the
time the candidate's nomination paper is filed with the City
Clerk.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall pay to the City
Treasurer all fees received which shall be deposited in the
General Fund.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance,
or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or
its application to other persons or places. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and
each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
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sections, subsections, subdivision, sentences, clauses, phrases
or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5. The City shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the
Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published, and circulated in the City of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council
of said City held on the 4th day of dune, 1985, and finally
adopted and ordered published at an adjourned meeting of said
Council held on the 11th day of June , 1985, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCTT,MFTT HIIVNING, MORRIS, ROWE, THOMPSON, BYORK
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ATTEST:
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Andrea L. Hooper, City Jerk
City of Lynwood
Cit
®. Byork, Mayor
of Lynwood
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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City Attorney Charles G. Gomez, City M ages
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS A~VGEL~S )
?, the undersicned, City Clerk of the City of Lynavood, and
ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1254 adopted by
the City Ccuncil of the City of Lynwood, and That the same was passed on
the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 11th day of June ~ c
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