HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6594RESOLUTION NO. 6594
L
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA 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 SEVENTH
DAY OF MARCH, 1978.
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;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
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
prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by
the City Clerk. Such 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 qualifica-
tions expressed by the candidate himself. Such statement shall
not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership,or
activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but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 of the
candidate's statement to be included in the Voter's Pamphlet and
mailed with the sample ballot to each voter in said City.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter
with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the state-
ment of each candidate in English and Spanish 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 hadling
and such bill shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof.
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 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.
0 0
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of November,
1977.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 21st day of November, 1977, by the following
vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Arkison, Solem
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
M
CITY CLERK