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RESOLUTION NO. 96 -3542
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, MARCH 4, 1997
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 TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. 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 an Election to be held in the
City of Temple City on March 4, 1997, 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 givaiifications 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 type - written form
in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination 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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the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. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidates statement must be translated and printed in
Spanish at the candidates request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates statements
into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish and Chinese.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified
in (b) above; have all trannslations made available upon request in the office of the City
Clerk; and'print-any- foreign language translations of candidates who request printing in
the voters pamphlet.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement
in English.
b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement
into any foreign language as specified in (b) above pursuant to State and/or Federal law.
c. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement
in a foreign language.
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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 the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just 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 expense 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 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
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 election to be held on March 4, 1997,
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 original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on October 15, 1996.
ATTEST:
i hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 96 -3542 was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting thereof, held on October 15, 1996, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilman - Breazeal, Budds, Souder, Wilson
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman - Gillanders
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