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RESOLUTION NO. 98-57
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO
THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR
THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California
provides for the governing body of any local agency to adopt regulations pertaining
to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs
thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to Section 13307 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for nonpartisan elective
office to be voted for at the General Municipal Election held in November of each
even -numbered year in the City of Costa Mesa 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/herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor
membership 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 papers are
returned for filing. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the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. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing,
handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's statement 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 cost in excess of
the deposit and shall refund any unused portion of any deposit.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative with a copy of this Resolution.
SECTION 5. All previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for
candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 6. This Resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election
and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter the same in the book of original resolutions of said City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of June, 1998.
Mayor of the City ofs a Mesa
ATTEST:
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Deputy Cit Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1
COUNTY OF ORANGE 1 ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA 1
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 98-57 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th day of June, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 16th day of June, 1998.
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Deputy Citylerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Cou it of the City of Costa Mesa
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