0396RESOLUTION NO. 396
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING
HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED
TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY,
THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 1978
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WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code. of the State of
California authorizes the governing body of any local agency to adopt
regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate.for a
municipal election, including costs thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney. General of the
State of California (No: CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may not
be billed for the, additional cost of preparing candidates' statements
in Spanish if-- such,,w.ere. not requested by the candidate but were required
solely by reason of recent amendments. to the Federal Voting Rights Act
of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975);
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL'OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY. RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. 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
Rolling Hills on the 7th day of March, 1978, may prepare a candidate's
statement on an appropriate form provided by the City. Clerk. Such state-
ment may include the name age and occupation of the candidate, and a
brief description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candi-
dat.e'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 state-
ment shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the
candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn,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`. That in compliance. with the recent amendments to the
Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) the
City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of7the candidate's statement
to each voter who has::requested--Spanish---translations.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with
the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement of
eahc candidate in English, and Spanish for those candidates who have
requested the translation, pursuant to law.
SECTION 4. That.each candidate filing a candidate's statement
shall be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater than the
actual prorated costs of printing and handling and such bill shall be
due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City
or the candidate's representative a
nominating petitions are issued.
Clerk shall provide each candidate
copy of this Resolution at the time
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.
ATTEST:
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of November, 1977.
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Mayor of t l City of Rolling Hillis
I certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Rolling Hills, California at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 28th day of November 1977 by the following
vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Rose, Swanson
Mayor pro tempore Pernell
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Crocker
City Clery