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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 4604 RESOLUTION NO. 4604 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WHEREAS, Section 5014. 5 of the Elections Code of the State of California (effective January 1, 1978) 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 ; 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 5014. 5 of the Elections Code of the State of California, if any person submits an argu- ment 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 ten (10) days after the final date 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 the provisions of Section 1 shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each municipal be 1. election thereafter. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a/re�g°urlar meeting thereof held on the th day of March, 1978 . Mayor Pro Tempore ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk City A ey REVIEWED AND APPROVED: L c City Administrator 2 . Res. No,4604 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 adj„rnea meeting thereof held on the 13th day Of March , 19 78 by the following voter AYES: Councilmen: Bartlett, Coen, Gibbs, Shenkman NOES: Councilmen: Siebert ABSENT: Councilmen: Wieder, Pattinson I,I City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California