HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 00-081Resolution No. 00-81
RESOLUTION NO. 00- 81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
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 7, 2000.
WHEREAS, § 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the goveming
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 Palm Desert, California, DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER as follows:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to § 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
Palm Desert on Tuesday, November 7, 2000, 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 typewritten form
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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next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.
a. Pursuant to State law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in Spanish at the
candidate's request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidates' statements into
the following languages in addition to English: Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall:
1. have translated only those statements into Spanish as requested by the candidate.
2. have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement
in English.
2. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's
statement into any foreign language as specified in (a) and/or (b) above pursuant to State and/or Federal law.
3. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement
in a foreign language.
The City Clerk shall estimate 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
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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. In the event of underpayment, the Clerk may require the
candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Clerk shall prorate the
excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 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 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for candidates'
statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on Tuesday,
November 7, 2000, and shall then be repealed.
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 by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
Califomia, at its regular meeting held on the 22nd day of June , 2000, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
KELLY, SPIEGEL, FERGUSON
NONE
BENSON, CRITES
NONE
N, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE
RACHLLLE D. KLASSEN, ACTING CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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