HomeMy WebLinkAbout19064 - RESOLUTIONS - 7/2/1997 RESOLUTION NO. 19064
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
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, NOVEMBER 4, 1997.
WHEREAS Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing
body of the local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including costs thereof,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, as follows:
Section 1. General Provisions: That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the Stale of
California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the General Municipal)
Election to be held in the City of Palm Springs on Tuesday, November 4, 1997, may
prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by flee City Clerk.
Such statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief
description of not more than 200 words of the candidates 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 orgainizations. 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during,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 for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after
the close of the nominating period.
Section 2. Spanish Language. The City Cleric shall provide Spanish translations as required or
requested. '
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 of printing, handling, translating,
and mailing flee 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 and shall refund any
unused portion of any deposit.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative a copy of
the Resolution at the time nominating papers are issued.
ADOPTED this 2ndday of July 1997.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, 0den, Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: Clone
ATTEST:
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By
City Clerk City Manager
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