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RESOLUTION NO. 93-C 137
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING
TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO
THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994.
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, including costs of the
candidates statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES 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 Azusa on April 12, 1994 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 (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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing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. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must be translated and
printed in Spanish at the candidate's request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate
candidates statements into the following languages in addition to
English: Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates' statements translated into the
language specified in (b) above. The City Clerk shall have all
translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidates shall be required to pay for the
cost of printing the candidates statement in English. The candidates shall be required to
pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any foreign language as
specked in (b) above pursuant to State and/or Federal law. The candidates shall be
required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language.
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The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidate's statement 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 numberof
candidates filing statements. Accordingly, 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 eventof
overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates andrefund
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 council policy on
payment for candidates statement are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal
and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this resolution and enter it into the book or original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of November, 1993.
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 15th day of
November, 1993, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DANGLEIS, MADRID, NARANJO, ALEXANDER,
MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE