CC Resolution 1985-022+) RESOLUTION NO. 85-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS
FOR CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
WHEREAS, Sections 4015.5 and 5014.5 of the Elections Code of
the State of California authorizes the City Council, by majority
vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal
arguments for city measures submitted at municipal elections;
NO?, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 That pursuant to Section4OlS.5 and 5014.5 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, if any person submits
an argument against a city measure, and an argument has been filed
in favor of the city measure, the City Clerk shall immediately send
copies of that argument to the persons filing the argument in favor
of the city measure. The persons filing the argument in favor of the
city measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not exceeding
250 words. The City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor
of the measure to the persons filing the argument against the city
measure, who may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument to the argument
in favor of the city measure not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal
arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than 10 days after
the final dat? for filing direct arguments. Rebuttal arguments shall be
printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal
argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks
to rebut.
SECTION 2. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing
of rebuttal arguments for city measures are repealed.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of Section 1 shall apply only to
the election to be held on June 4, 1985, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original
Resolutions.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of March 1985.
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