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CC - Item 5A - Discussion of Consolidating Municipal ElectionTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS ROSEMEAADCITY COUNCIL FROM: BILL CRX/E, CITY MANAGER DATE: JANUARY 19.2006 • RE: DISCUSSION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSOLDIATING THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD'S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HELD IN MARCH OF ODD NUMBERED YEARS ONTO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY ELECTIONS CALENDAR HELD IN NOVEMBER OF ODD NUMBERED YEARS Councilmember Tran has requested that this item be placed on the Agenda for discussion purposes. Attached is a copy of section 1301 of the State Elections Code. JAN 2 4 2006 ITEN1 • 0 6 of 100 DOCUMENTS DEERING'S CALIFORNIA CODES ANNOTATED Copyright (c) 2005 by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. a member of the LexisNexis Group. All rights reserved. THIS SECTION IS CURRENT THROUGH THE 2006 SUPPLEMENT (ALL 2005 LEGISLATION) ELECTIONS CODE DIVISION 1. Established Election Dates CHAPTER 4. Local Elections GO TO CALIFORNIA CODES ARCHIVE DIRECTORY Cal Elec Code § 1301 (2005) § 1301. General municipal election; Date of election (a) Except as required by Section 57379 of the Government Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a general municipal election shall be held on an established election date pursuant to Section 1000. (b)(1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a city council may enact an ordinance, pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 10000), requiring its general municipal election to be held on the same day as the statewide direct primary election, the day of the statewide general election, on the day of school district elections as set forth in Section 1302, the first Tuesday after the first Monday of March in each odd-numbered year, or the second Tuesday of April in each year. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall become operative upon approval by die board of supervisors. (2) In the event of consolidation, the general municipal election shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable procedural requirements of this code pertaining to that primary, general, or school district election, and shall thereafter occur in consolidation with that election. (c) If a city adopts an ordinance described in subdivision (b), the municipal election following the adoption of the or- dinance and each municipal election thereafter shall be conducted on the date specified by the city council, in accor- dance with subdivision (b), unless the ordinance in question is later repealed by the city council. (d) If the date of a general municipal election is changed pursuant to subdivision (b), at least one election shall be held before the ordinance, as approved by the board of supervisors, may be subsequently repealed or amended. HISTORY: Added Stats 1996 ch 1143 § 24.5 (SB 1200), effective September 30, 1996. Amended Stats 2003 ch 824 § l (AB 1521); Stats 2004 ch 785 § I (AB 2790). NOTES: Amendments: 2003 Amendment: Substituted "an established election date pursuant to Section 1000" for "the second Tuesday in April of even- numbered years, or on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of odd-numbered years" in subd (a). 2004 Amendment: Amended subd (b)(1) by (1) deleting "or" after "statewide general election,"; and (2) adding the first Tuesday after the first Monday of March in each odd-numbered year, or the second Tuesday of April in each year". Historical Deriva- tion: 9 0 Page 2 Cal Elec Code § 1301 (a) Former Elec C § 2601, as added Stats 1976 ch 1 155 § 2, amended Stats 1978 ch 1376 § 13. Stats 1979 ch 376 § I, Stats 1981 ch 1013 § 1, Stats 1982 ch 466 § 43, Stats 1993 ch 828 § 7.5, Stats 1994 ch 146 § 39. (b) Former Elec C § 9705, as enacted Stats 1939 ch 26, amended Stats 1949 ch 306 § 2, Stats 1955 ch 624 § 65. (c) Former Elec C § 22803, as enacted Stats 1961 ch 23 § 3. (d) Stats 1883 ch 49 § 852, as amended Stats 1911 ch 148 § I, Stats 1913 ch 26 § 1, Stats 1919 ch 15 § 1, Stats 1927 ch 237 § 1, Stats 1931 ch 132 § 2, Stats 1933 ch 516 § 3, Stats 1935 ch 510 § 1, Stats 1937 ch 659 § 2. (e) Former Gov C § 36503.5, as added Stats 1981 ch 1013 § 3, amended Stats 1982 ch 218 § 2; Stats 1986 ch 188 § 2, Stats 1987 ch 2 § 6, ch 84 § 5, ch 1083 § 2, Stats 1994 ch 923 § 72.Note: Stats 2004 ch 785 provides: SEC. 15. It is the intent of the Legislature that any modification to state law governing municipal election procedures required by this bill shall not result in additional costs to local election officials or result in the Commission on State Mandates making a finding or determination that these modifications establish a reimbursable state mandate.Collateral References: Attorney General's Opinions: Where the general municipal election for a general law city has been designated by ordinance as the date of the statewide general election in November of even numbered years, an initiative measure to repeal a city tax may be sub- mitted to the voters on the date of the statewide direct primary election in March only if the measure statutorily qualifies to be submitted at a special election which coincides with the March primary election.85 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen 151.