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RESOLUTION N0. $5-125
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION
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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 statement;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
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 in the City of Tustin 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not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 have all
candidates statements translated and available upon request in the City
Clerk's office.
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 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 cast 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.
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Resolution No. 85-125
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SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing
municipal election and at each municipal election after that time.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Tustin on the 16th day of December, 1985.
MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of
the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 85-125 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of December, 1985, by the
following vote:
AYES COUNCILPERSONS: Edgar, Greinke, Hoesterey, Kennedy, Saltarelli
NOES COUNCILPERSONS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILPERSONS: None
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MARY E. N, City lerk
City of Tustin, California