CC Resolution 2000-065RESOLUTION NO. 2000-65
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
AT AN ELECTION
WHEREAS, § 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California
provides that the governing body of any local agency may adopt regulations pertaining
to materials prepared by any candidate for municipal election, including costs of the
candidates statement;
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Election
Code § 13307 of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted
for at an Election to be held in the City of La Quinta 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but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. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have
translated and printed into the Spanish language only those statements of the
candidates who request translation and printing.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to pay for
the cost of printing the candidate's statement in English and Spanish if so requested.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing the candidate's statements file 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.
Resolution No. 2000-66
Candidates Statements
Adopted: June 20,2000
Page 2
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 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. 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 ensuing 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 this 20"' day of June, 2000 by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Adolph, Henderson, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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JO PENA, yor
City of La Quinta, California
Fesolution No. 2000-65
Candidates Statements
Adopted: June 20,2000
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ATTEST:
JUN REEK,~CMC/AAE, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAWN C. HONEYWELL, Fifty Attorney ~-
By: M. KATHERINE JENSON, Acting City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California