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RESOLUTION NO. 5150
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, 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, THE 10th
DAY OF APRIL, 1984.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California
authorizes the governing body of any local agency to adopt regulations pertain-
ing to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including
costs thereof; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. 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 to be held in the City of Arcadia on the 10th day of
April, 1984, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided
by the City Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age and occupation of
the candidate and a brief description of no more than two hundred (200) words of
the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himse1f/
herself. Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate,
nor membership or activity in partisan pol itical organizations. Such statement
shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nom-
ination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,
during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. on the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to the Federal
Voting Rights Acts of 1965, as amended, the City Clerk shall provide a Spanish
translation of the candidate's statement to anyone requesting the translations.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with the sample
ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement of each candidate in
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English and Spanish for those candidates who have requested the translation
pursuant to law.
SECTION 4. That each candidate filing a candidate's statement shall be
billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater than the actual prorated
costs of printing, handling, translating and mailing the candidate's statement,
and such bill shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the can-
didQte's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating peti-
tions are issued.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED AT A
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA HELD ON THE 6th
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1983, BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST THREE COUNCIL
MEMBERS, TO WIT:
AYES: Councilmen Dring, Hannah, Pellegrino, Lojeski
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Haltom
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City Cl erk of the City
SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS 6th day of December 1983.
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