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RESOLUTION NO. 00 -3964
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 6, 2001
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 6, 2001, 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 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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the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 the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates statements
into the following languages: Spanish and Chinese.
b. Pursuant to state law, the candidates statement must be translated and printed in the
voters pamphlet in any language at the candidates request.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified
in (a) above; have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City
Clerk; and print any foreign language translations of candidates who so 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 in the voters pamphlet.
b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement
into any required foreign language as specified in (2a) 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 in the voters pamphlet.
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
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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 fhal 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 r olicy on payment for candidates
statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each
election and at each municipal election after that time.
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 the 25th day of October, 2000.
ATTEST:
City C1c
Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, Resolution No. 00 -3964, was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Temple City at a special meeting held on the 25th day of October, 2000, by the fol-
lowing vote:
AYES: Councilman- Breazeal, Brook, Gillanders, Wilson, and Souder
NOES: Councilman-None
ABSENT: Councilman-None
APPROVED AS
City Attorney
City Clerk
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