0927RESOLUTION NO. 927
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING
HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
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 candidates
statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS,
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 Rolling Hills on March 4, 2003, 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 400 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be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00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. The ballot will be printed in English
but translation into Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tagalog will be
made upon request.
Section 3. PAYMENT.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in English in the voters pamphlet.
b. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating
the candidates statement into any required foreign language as specified in (a) above pursuant
to State and\or Federal law.
c. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in a foreign language in the voters pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling,
translating, and mailing the candidate's 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 estimatedayment 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. According)y, 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 City Council policy on
payment for candidates statements are repealed.
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Section 7. That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
March 4, 2003 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 this 14' day of October, 2002.
B. ALLEN Lfkl v
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CRAIG4. NEALIS
CITY CLERK
The foregoing Resolution No. 927 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003.
was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14t' day of
October, 2002, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Murdock, Mayor Pro Tem Hill
and Mayor Lay.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Pernell.
ABSTAIN: None.
C A'(NEALIS
CITY CLERK
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