CC Resolution 1997-050^^P RESOLUTION NO.97-50
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, 4,1997
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
1001 2 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
4, 1 997 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but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 $300.
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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 time 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 17th day of June, 1997 by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Adolph, Henderson, Perkins, Sniff,
Mayor Holt
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None jj2;<
GLENDA L. HOLT, Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
City of La Quinta, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAWN C. HONEYWE*, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California
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