CC RES 1999-045 RESOLUTION NO. 99-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE
ELECTORATE OF AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID
CITY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1999.
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 a candidate for a municipal election, including costs thereof:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, 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 the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on
November 2, 1999, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided
by the City Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age and occupation of the
candidate and a brief description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the
candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself.
Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or
activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement may be withdrawn but not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 Languages
A. Pursuant to state law the City Clerk shall upon request provide Spanish
translation and printing of the candidate's statement at the requesting candidate's
expense.
B. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidate's
statements into the following language in addition to English: Chinese.
C. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated and available
upon request in the City Clerk's office.
Section 3: Additional Materials. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the sample ballot package.
Section 4: Payment. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost
of translating and printing of the candidate's statements into a foreign language pursuant
to State or Federal law. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, 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 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 final 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 30 days of the election.
Section 5: That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the
candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nomination papers are
issued.
Section 6: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and enter it the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED ON June 15, 1999.
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IC CLERK
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 99-45 was duly and regularly passed
and adopted by the said City Council at a regul- meetins t ereof hel•1 on June 15, 1999.
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