HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 98-42 (2) RESOLUTION NO. 98-42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH, 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 3, 1998
WHEREAS, Section 13307 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 13307 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 3, 1998,
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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during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. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY
Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act,the City is required to translate candidates'
statements into the following languages in addition to English: Spanish and Vietnamese.
The City Clerk shall have all candidates' statements translated into the languages
specified above.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT
The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's
statement.
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The City Clerk shall provide an estimate of the total cost of printing, handling,
translating, and mailing the candidates' statements filed pursuant to this section,
including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as
amended), and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local
agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement
included in the voter's pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required,the
estimate is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to
another election and may be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on
the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly,the clerk is not bound by
the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense
or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund
the excess amount paid within 34 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
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 b. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on
payment for candidates' statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal
election and at each municipal election after that time.
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 AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
at a regular meeting held thereof on the 1st day of 3une , 1998.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Res. No. 98-42
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-off cio 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 1st day of June, 1998 by the following vote:
AYES: Julien, Harman, Green, Dettloff, Bauer, Sullivan, Garofalo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk and ex-office Jerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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