HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2001-30RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBERS, 2001
WHEREAS, Section 13307 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 statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE
AND ORDER AS FOLL43WS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307
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 Diamond Bar on November
6, 2001 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 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
typewritten form 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
a. Pursuant . athe Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate
candidates statements i 'to the following languages: Spanish, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Tag alog, Vietnamese.
b. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must be translated
and printed in the voters pamphlet in any language at the candidates request.
C. The City Clerk shall (choose one or more, as appropriate)
1. print any foreign language translations of candidates who
request printing in the voters pamphlet.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
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1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in English in the voters pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidates statement into any foreign language as specified in (a) and/or (b)
above pursuant to State and\or Federal law.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in a foreign language in the voters pamphlet. The City
Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidate's statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred
as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), and
require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency
his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement
included in the voter pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required,
the estimate is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one
election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the
estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements.
Accordingly, the clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis,
bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid
depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the clerk may
require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates
and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted
to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
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 at the next ensuing municipal
election and at each municipal election after that time.
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 June 5 , 2001.
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Ro . Huff, Mayor
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed, approved and adopted at a
regular meeting of the city council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 5"' day
of June, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Ansari , Chang, O'Connor,
MPT/Herrera, M/Huff
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
4Lyndaa6Burg!�ss, C y Clerk
City of Diamond Bar
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