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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 5, 2013.
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 5, 2013, 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The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and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
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates
statements into the following language: Spanish.
B. Pursuant to State law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in the voters
pamphlet in any language at the candidates request.
C. The City Clerk shall
1. Translations
(a) have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified in (A) above.
(b) have translated those statements into the languages as requested by the candidate in
(B) above.
2. Printing
(a) print an English only voter pamphlet to be mailed to all voters
(b) print any translations of candidates who so request printing in the main voter
pamphlet.
- the main voter pamphlet will be an English pamphlet, also containing candidate
statement translations if requested by the candidate.
(c) print all translations of all candidates statements pursuant to (A). above, in facsimile
voter pamphlets
- facsimile voter pamphlets will be in Spanish.
(d) have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 3. PAYMENT
A. Translations
1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates
statement into any reauired foreign language as specified in (A) of Section 2 above
pursuant to Federal and\or State law.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement
into any foreign language that is not reauired as specified in (A) and/or (B) of Section 2
above, pursuant to Federal and\or State law, but is requested as an option by the candidate.
B. Printing
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in
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English in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a
foreign language required in (A) of Section 2 above, in the main voter pamphlet.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a
foreign language requested by the candidate per (B) of Section 2 above, in the main voter
pamphlet.
4. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a
foreign language required by (A) of Section 2 above, in the facsimile voter 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 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 City 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 City Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost
incurred. In the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the
candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
Section 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. All translations shall be provided by professionally -certified translators.
B. The City Clerk shall not allow bold type, underlining, capitalization, indentations, bullets,
leading hyphens to the same extent and manner as in previous City elections.
C. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by the
California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other matters relating to elections.
Section 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
materials in the sample ballot package.
Section 6. 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 7. That all previous Resolutions establishing City Council policy on payment for
candidate's statements are repealed.
Section 8. That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on March 5, 2013 and
shall then be repealed.
Section 9. 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 22"d day of October, 2012.
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The foregoing Resolution No. 1131 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 5, 2013.
was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of October, 2012, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Heinsheimer, Hill, Lay, Pernell and Mayor Black.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
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