Ordinance No. 778 - Expenditure Ceiling for Elective OfficesORDINANCE NO. 778
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY
EXPENDITURE CEILING FOR ELECTIVE OFFICES IN
ROSEMEAD
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals.
A. Proposition 208 was enacted by the voters at the November 5, 1996
General Election; and
B. Proposition 208 will become effective January 1, 1997; and
C. Proposition 208 allows cities to establish voluntary expenditure ceilings
for local elections.
Section 2. Section 2716 of the Rosemead Municipal Code is hereby adopted to read as
• follows:
2716. Pursuant to Government Code 85400(c), a voluntary expenditure ceiling of
twenty-five cents ($0.25) per resident is hereby established for candidates grid
controlled committees of such candidates for elective office for each election in the
City in which the candidate is seeking elective office.
Section 3. Urgency Clause. Pursuant to the authority contained in the Government Code, this
is an urgency ordinance, which shall take effect immediately on passage. The facts constituting the
current and immediate threat to the public welfare necessitating an urgency ordinance are as follows:
The City Council finds and determines that the voters of the State
enacted Proposition 208 at the November 5, 1996 General Election.
This Ordinance establishes a voluntary expenditure ceiling for
Rosemead City candidates in accordance with Proposition 208. It is
• necessary for this Ordinance to be effective immediately so that it will
be in place upon the effective date of Proposition 208 (January I, 1997)
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 1996.
ayor
ATTEST:
City Cler
I hereby certify that the foregoing Urgency Ordinance No. 778 was
duly and regularly adopted by the Rosemead City Council at Special
Meeting held on Wednesday, December 18, 1996, by the following vote:
Yes: Vasquez, Clark, Bruesch, Imperial
No: Taylor
Absent: None
Abstain: None
City Clerk
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ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY EXPENDITURE CEILING
I, hereby accept and agree to be bound by the voluntary expenditure
limitation enacted as Rosemead Municipal Code §2716.
I agree that I will not spend more than twenty-five cents ($0.25) per resident of the City.
The latest published population of the City of Rosemead is 54,487. Accordingly, I will spend no
more than $13,621.75 on my campaign for City Council.
Dated:
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