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1 RESOLUTION NO. 1184
2 ' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO;
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
' 3 OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE
AND THE COSTS THEREOF, FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
a BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH 1978.
5 WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California,
authorizes the governing body of any local agency to adopt regulations pertaining
6 to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election; and
7 WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General of the State of California
(No. CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may not be billed for the additional
8 cost of preparing candidates' statements in Spanish if such were not requested by
the candidate but were required solely by reason of recent amendments to the Fed-
9 eral Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) ;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA,
10 DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
11 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
12 Municipal Election to be held in the City of San Jacinto on the 7th day of March
1978, 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 can-
lo didate and a brief description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the
candidate' s education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself.
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Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor member-
ship or activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be
filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate' s nomination
16 papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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.
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SECTION 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to the Federal Vot-
18iIing Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) the City Clerk shall
provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's statement (to be included in thei
19 Voter' s Pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot) (to each voter in said City)
(to each voter who has requested Spanish translations) (and be made available P
20 to anyone requesting the translations) . I
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with the sample bal-
21 lot, a voter' s pamphlet which contains the statement of each candidate in English
22 (and Spanish for those candidates who have requested the translation) (and Span-
ish) pursuant to law.
_ 23 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 1
24 printing and handling and such bill shall be due and payable immediately upon i
receipt thereof.
25 I SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candi-
date's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions
26 are issued.
27 SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of 1
this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said
28 j City; and shall make a minute of passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting
29 at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of November 1977.
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ATTEST: ,r ,
31 LUCY ALLEN, /CI�TY CLERK
By
c�� Mayor of the City of San aci nto
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CERTIFICATE
The foregoinq is certified to be a true cony of Resolution No. 1184 duly
adopted by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein
set forth .
LUCY MAY ALLEN, CITY CLERK
By-��f �e r� fZ f���•a•
Deputy