HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 85-2402 Election: Candidate Statement RegulationsRESOLUTION NO. 85 -24Q2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1986
WHEREAS, Section 10012 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 TEMPLE CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section
10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each can-
didate for elective office to be voted for at an Election to be
held in the City of Temple City on April 8, 1986, 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 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 the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomina-
tion 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not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.
SECTION 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have
translated and printed in the voters pamphlet only the candidates
who request translation and printing at the candidates expense.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be per-
mitted 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 candidates
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 or shall refund within 30 days
of the election any unused portion of the 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 all previous resolutions establishing council
policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the elec-
tion to be held on April 8, 1986 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of origin-
al resolutions.
Resolution No. 85 -2402
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 17th day of December, 1985.
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ATTEST:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the 17th day of December 1985
by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen - Atkins, Froehle, Gillanders, Swain, Dennis
NOES: Councilmen -None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
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