CC Resolution 1995-053^"H RESOLUTION NO.95-53
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
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 7, 1995.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections code of the State of California
provides that the government body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials
prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates statements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF ThE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
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 La Quinta on November 7, 1995 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn,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 candidates statements of those candidates
who request translation and printing.
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 candidates 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 election any unused portion of the deposit. The deposit has been established a
$200.
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SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the
candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the tirne nomination petitions are issued.
SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on
payment of candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. 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 5th day of July, 1995 by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Bangerter, Cathcart, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
J**OHJ.PENA,Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
AUNDRA L. OLA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DAWN C. HONEYWELL: City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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