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RESOLUTION NO. 6154
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE'S STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 6, 1990
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of
California provides that the governing body of any local agency
adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any
candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the
candidate ' s statement .
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, 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 Huntington Beach on November 6 , 1990 , 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may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing
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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 voter ' s pamphlet only the
candidate ' s 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
candidate' s 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 .
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 all previous resolutions establishing council
policy on payment for candidate ' s statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next
ensuing municipal election and at each municipal election after
that time.
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SECTION 8 . 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 ON June 4 1990 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk C' y Attorney
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Res. No. 6154
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, 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 at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day
of June 1990 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Winchell , Green, Mays, Bannister, Silva, Erskine
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
City Clerk and ex-offitlo Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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