Resolution - 7132RESOLUTION NO. 7132
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY. COUNCIL OF -THE CITY OF WEST
• COVINA ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES'FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED
TO THE VOTERS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF
APRIL 8, 1986
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 candidates
statment.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, 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 the General Municipal
Election of April 8, 1986, may prepare a candidate's statement
on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The state-
ment may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate
and a brief description of no more than 200 words of the candi-
date'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 The statement may be withdrawn,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 PM of the next working day after the close of
the nomination period.
SECTION 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall have trans-
lated 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 of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates
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 statment 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. 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 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 April 8, 1986, and .shall then. expire.
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RESOLUTION NO. 7132
• SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution and enter�it into the book of
original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON: December 16, 1985.
Mayor Forest Tennant
ATTEST:
City Clerk Helene ooney
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution
was duly adopted.by the City Council of West Covina at an adjourned regular
meeting of -the City Council on the 16th day of December, 1985, by the
following vote:
AYES: Bacon, Manners, Shearer, Tennant
NOES: None
ABSENT: Chappell
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City t!! ney 1
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City Clerk HelqffeM. Mooney
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