CC - 1986-50 - Regulations for CandidatesRESOLUTION NO. 86- 50
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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, MARCH 3, 1987
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 March 3, 1987, may prepare a
candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the
City Clerk. The statement may include the name, age and occupa-
tion of the candidate and a brief description of no more than
200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications ex-
pressed by the candidate himself or herself. The statement
shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor member-
ship or activity in partisan political organizations. The state-
ment 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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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 voters pamphlet only the candidate's
statements of those candidates who request translation and printing.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be per-
mitted 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 candidate's
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 condition 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
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
of 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 en-
suing 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 November 12, 1986.
ATTEST: MAYOR
City Clerk