HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 4581 RESOLUTION NO. 4581
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS
THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE llth DAY OF APRIL,
1978.
III
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State
of California authorizes the governing body of any local agency
to adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any
candidate for a municipal election, including costs thereof; and
It is the opinion of the Attorney General of the State of
California (No. CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may not be
billed for the additional cost of preparing candidates' statements
in Spanish if such were not requested by the candidate but were
required solely by reason of recent amendments to the Federal Vot-
ing Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) ;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 10012 of the Elections
Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office
to be voted for at the General Municipal Election to be held in the
City of Huntington Beach on the llth day of April, 1978, may prepare
a candidate ' s statement on an appropriate form provided by the City
Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age and occupation of
the candidate and a brief description of no more than two hundred
(200) words of the candidate ' s education and qualifications ex-
pressed by the candidate himself. Such statement shall not include
party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in
partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be filed in
the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate ' s nomination
papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,
during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5 : 00 p .m.
be 1.
of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to
the FederalVoting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6,
1975) the City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the
candidate' s statement and be made available to anyone requesting
the translations.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with
the sample ballot , a voter' s pamphlet which contains the statement
of each candidate in English and Spanish for those candidates who
have requested the translation pursuant to law.
SECTION 4 . That each candidate filing a candidate ' s statement
shall be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater than
the actual prorated costs of printing and handling and such bill
shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof.
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 the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book
of original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at
which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Hunting-
ton Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of
January 19 78.
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ATTEST:
Mayor
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ity Administrator
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City Clerk
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Res. No. 4581
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day
of January , 19 78 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Gibbs, Siebert, Pattinson.
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shenkman.
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California