Resolution No. 6712
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RESOLUTIQN NO. 6712
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON, 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 9, 1996
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State
of California provides that the governing body of any local agency
shall adopt regulations pertaining to candidates statements
prepared by any candidate for municipal election, including
charges for handling, packaging, and mailing such candidates
statements.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to Section
15 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each
16 candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election to be
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held in the City of Vernon on Tuesday, April 9, 1996, may prepare
a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the
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City Clerk.
The statement may include the name, age, and
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occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more
that 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
24 membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The
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statement shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the
time the candidate's nomination papers are filed.
The statement
27 may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing
28 nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day
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2 SECTION 2: SPANISH LANGUAGE. The city Clerk shall have
3 translated and printed in the voters pamphlet only the candidates'
4 statements of those candidates who request translation and
5 printing.
6 SECTION 3: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be
7 permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
8 package.
9 SECTION 4: PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the
10 total cost including a ten percent (10%) administrative cost of
11 printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates
12 statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code, and require each
13 candidate filing a statement to pay in advance his or her pro rata
14 share as a condition of having his or her statement included in
15 the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate
16 for any cost in excess of the deposit or shall refund within 30
17 days of the election any unused portion of the deposit.
18 SE9TION 5: The City Clerk shall provide each candidate
19 or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the
20 time nominating petitions are issued.
21 SECTION 6: All previous resolutions establishing council
22 policy on paYment for candidates' statements are repealed.
23 SECTION 7: This resolution shall apply at the next
24 ensuing municipal election and at each municipal election held
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SECTION 8: The city Clerk of the city of Vernon is
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hereby directed to certify to the passage of this resolution
thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and
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effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of November, 1995.
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ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
Resolution No. 6712, was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the city Council duly held
on Tuesday, November 21, 1995, and thereafter was duly signed by
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the Mayor of the City of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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