CC - 1987-54 - Regulations for Candidates0 0
RESOLUTION NO. 87-54
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
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 12, 1988
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 ROSEMEAD,
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 candidate for
elective office to be voted for at an Election to be held in the City
of Rosemead on Tuesday, April 12, 1988, 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 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The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period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. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have
translated and printed in the voter's pamphlet only the candidates
statements of those candidates who request translation and printing.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted
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 conditions 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 at the next ensuing
municipal 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 December 8 1987,
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