CC RES 1983-040RESOLUTION N0. 83 -40
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 8, 1983
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the elections Code of the State of
California provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regula-
tions pertaining to materials prepared by any 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 10012
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 8, 1983, 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 descrip-
tion of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and
qualifications expressed by the candidate himself. Such statement shall not
include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership of 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 Such statement may be withdrawn but not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: SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have the
material translated and made available upon request at City Hall.
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 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 and shall refund any
unused portion of any 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 the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original
Resolutions of said City; shall make a minute of passage and adoption thereof
in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the
minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 21st day of , 1983.-
ATTEST :
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City Cle"ry)
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, MARY JO LOFTHUS, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No.83 -40 was duly
and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 21stday of June , 1983.
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