RESOLUTION NO . 2004-61
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAMARILLO, 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 2, 2004 .
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' statements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMARILLO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS :
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 Camarillo on November 2, 2004, may prepare a candidate 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 approved by the County of Ventura Elections Division, in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination paper is 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.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 to state law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in Spanish at the candidate's request.
b. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidate statements into the following language in addition to English:
Spanish.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified in (b) above as requested by the candidate.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT .
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing' the candidate's statement in English.
b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's statement into any foreign language as specified in (a) and/or (b) above pursuant to State and/or Federal law.
c. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidates' 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 voters 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 II, 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 on June 9, 2004 .
ATTEST :
Mayor
City Clerk
Resolution No . 2004-61
I, Deborah A . Harrington, City Clerk of the City of Camarillo, hereby certify that Resolution No . 2004-61 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Camarillo at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of June 2004, by the following vote:
AYES : Councilmembers : Craven, Kildee, McDonald, Morgan, Mayor Waunch NOES : Councilmembers : None
ABSENT : Councilmembers : None
ABSTAIN : Councilmembers : None
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Resolution No . 2004-61