1986-33 RESOLUTION NO. 86-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, 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
4, 1986.
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, inlcuding costs of the candidates statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE-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 Grand Terrace- ion'
Tuesday, November 4, 1986; 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 two-hundred (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The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, .during the period for filing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. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have translated and
- printed,in the voters pamphlet only the candidates statements of those
- candidates who request translation and printing.
Settion' 3. ADDITINAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
. include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
Section 4. PAYMENT. The City,'Cler;k shall;'estimate the total costs of
printing, handling; translating, and-mailing the candidates 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 inlcuded in the voter's pamphlet. Th.e 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 candidates statements are repealed. .
Section 7. That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to
be held on Tuesday, November 4, 1986, 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.
Adopted this 26th day of June, 1986.
ATTEST:
%WL\s.
_City.-1l o e ity of Grand Mayor of e it N Gr d Terrace
-Terrace and of t City Council and of th it Council t reof.
thereof.
I, Ilene Dughman, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 26th day
of June, 1986, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Matteson, Petta, Pfennighausen, Evans;
Mayor Grant
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None _
City Clerk '
Approved as to form:
City Attorney V
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