HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1977-8926RESOLUTION N0. 8926
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, 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 11th DAY OF APRIL, 1978
The~City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
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, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General of the
State of California (No.CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may
not be billed for the additional cost of preparing candidates' state-
ments in Spanish if such were not requested by the candidate but were
required solely by reason of recent amendments to the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
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 to be held in the
City of Chula Vista on the 11th day of April, 1978, 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 two hundred
(200) words of the candidate's education and qualifications 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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 of filing nomina ion papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next
working day after the ~se 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 can-
didate'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 statement 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 handling and such bill shall be
due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof.
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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.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 1,3th day of December _ 1977, by
the following vote, to-wit:
AYES : Councilmen- Cox, Hyde, Scott, Egdafi Hobel
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
ATTEST
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
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Mayor of the City of C la Vista
I, , City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full,
true and correct copy of Resolution No. and that the same
has not been amended or repealed. DATED
City Clerk