HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2003-420RESOLUTION NO. 2003-420
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE
COSTS TI-IEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY,
MARCH 2, 2004
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 thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER, as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 13307 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 Chula Vista on March 2, 2004, may 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 200 words of the candidate's education and
qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. Such statement shall neither include
the party affliation of the candidate nor membership or activity in partisan political
organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk no sooner than
November 10 and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2003. Such statement may be
withdrawn, but not changed, during the stated period and until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December
8, 2003.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, and mailing the
candidate's statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code and require each candidate fling a
statement to pay in advance his or her pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement
included in the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for any cost in excess
of the deposit and shall refund any unused portion of any deposit.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate, or the candidate's representative, a
copy of this resolution at the tune his or her candidate's statement is fled.
Submitted by
Approved as to form
Susan Bigelow
City Clerk
Resolution 2003-420
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 7th day of October, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Davis, McCarm, Rindone, Salas and Padilla
NAYS:
Councilmembers: None
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Councilmembers:
None
Susan Bigelow, CMC, City't-Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chnla Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2003-420 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 7th day of October, 2003.
Executed this 7th day of October, 2003.
Susan Bigelow, CMC, City Clel'k