RES-8030 Adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective Office - November 3, 1992 ElectionRESOLUTION NO. 8030
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES'
STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION (TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1992)
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
candidate's statement:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY 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 Orange on November 3, 1992. 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 two hundred (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candidate's nomination papers are filed, The statement may be withdrawn, but not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, SPANISH LANGUAGE, The City Clerk shall (choose one) have
translated and printed in the voters pamphlet only the candidates' statements of those
candidates who request translation and printing.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS, No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot package,
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost
printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to
the Elections Code, and require each candidate filing 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 or
shall refund within 30 days of the election any unused portion of the deposit.
SECTION 5. 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' statements are repealed,
SECTION 7. That this Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
November 3, 1992 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. Thai the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
ADOPTED this 16th day of June 1992.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of tie y Orange
I hereby certffy that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City
Council of the Ctty of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the
16th of June1992 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
STEINER, BARRERA, MAYOR BEYER,
COONTZ, SPURGEON
NONE
ABSENT:NONE
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City Clerk 0 e 'yU1( Orange
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