HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 79-157RESOLUTION N0. 79-157
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CA�JDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SU6�1ITTED TO THE ELECTORATE
AfdD THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
6E HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1980.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California
- provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations per-
taining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election,
including costs thereof.
NObJ, THEREFORE, 6E IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, as follows:
SECTION l: 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 the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Palm Desert on April 8,
1980, 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 candi-
date and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education
and qualifications expressed 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 withdra�•�n, 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: SPANISH LANGUAGE. That in compliance with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965 Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975), the City Clerk shall
provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's statement (to be included in
the Voter's Pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot) only to each voter who
has requested Spanish translations, and with said translations being available
to anyone upon request.
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, translation, 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 can-
didate for any cost in excess of the deposit and shall refund any unused portion
of any deposit.
SECTION 5: That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candi-
date'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, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, on this �7�_ day of Deremher , 1979, by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES: arush, McPherson, Newbrander, Wilson & Mullins
NOES: None
ABSENT: None �
AQSTAIN: None
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�ED �1RD D. �1ULLINS, MAYOR
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SHEILA R. GiL 1GAN, CITY LERK
CITY OF PAL��S DESERT, CAL' ORNIA