HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 96-97RESOLUTION NO. 96-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1996
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 any candidate
for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE 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 an election to be held in
the City of National City, California on Tuesday, November 5, 1996, may prepare a candidate 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 typewritten form 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidates statement must be translated and printed in Spanish.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates statements
into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated into the language specified
in (b) above.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in a foreign language. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing,
handling, 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 City 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 City Clerk may
require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, The City
Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within
30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative with
a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
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SECTION 6. All previous Resolutions establishing Council Policy on payment for candidates
statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 1996
and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. 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 by the City Council of the City of National City at
its regular meeting held on the 18th day of June, 1996, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Beauchamp, Inzunza, Morrison, Zarate, Waters.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
GEORGE H. WATERS, MAYOR
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LORII ANNE PEOPLES, CMC, ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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GEORGE H. EISER, III, CITY ATTORNEY