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Resolution No. 6835 ... .. 1 RESOLUTION NO. 6835 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 4 5 6 WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution No. 6832 has called an election on the questions of whether Ordinance No. 1043 shall be approved and adopted relating to amending business license taxes for hazardous waste and solid waste materials 7 8 9 processing and recycling facilities and establishing a business license tax for businesses engaged in recycling lead-acid batteries; and 10 11 12 WHEREAS, sections 4015.5 and 5014.5 of the Elections Code of the State of California authorize the City council, by majority vote, to adopt procedures to provide for the filing of rebuttal 13 14 arguments for city measures submitted at municipal elections. 15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 16 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: 17 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 18 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are 19 true and correct. 20 SECTION 2: Pursuant to sections 4015.5 and 5014.5 of the 21 Elections Code of the state of California, when the City Clerk has 22 selected the arguments for and against the measure which will be 23 printed and distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send 24 copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of 25 the argument against, and copies of the argument against to the 26 authors of the argument in favor. The authors may prepare and 27 submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal 28 ~ 1 arguments shall be filed with the city Clerk not more than ten 2 (10) days after the final date for filing direct arguments. 3 Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner ',as the 4 direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow 5 the direct argument which it seeks to rebut. 6 SECTION 3: All previous resolutions providing for the 7 filing of rebuttal arguments for city measures are repealed. 8 SECTION 4: The provisions of section 2 shall apply only 9 to the election to be held on December 10, 1996. 10 SECTION 5: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall 11 certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and 12 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. 13 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 1996. 14 15 16 ATTEST: X BRUCE V. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2- " .'" 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 2 3 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, city Clerk of the City of 4 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being 5 Resolution No. 6835, was duly by the City Council of the City of 6 Vernon at regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Tuesday, August 20, 1996, and thereafter duly signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon. 7 8 9 ~/~~ BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, city Clerk 10 11 ( SEAL) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-