HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-05-12; City Council; 14677; Amend Code To Comply With State Codes.
CITY OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA BILL
AB# IUJ 7 TITLE. APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 1.12 DEPT. HD.
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REGARDING CANDIDATE’S FILING FEE AND THE DATE
FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO BRING IT INTO CITY ATTY. $ *
COMPLIANCE WITH STATE CODES
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If you concur, your action is to introduce Ordinance No. AIS- 442 , approving the
amendments to Chapter I .12.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
This is a technical cleanup amendment of the Municipal Code provisions regarding elections.
While the law is unchanged, its source moved to different places in the state codes.
Elections Code section 6555 is now Elections Code section 8106 and Government Code
section 36503.5 is now Elections Code section 10403.5.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no fiscal impact as a result of this amendment.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
This technical cleanup amendment is a ministerial act, statutorily exempt from CEQA
pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080(b)(l).
EXHIBITS: .
Ordinance No. NS- Liqb
Redline/Strikeout version of amendments
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 1,
CHAPTER 1.12 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ELECTIONS TO BRING IT INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH STATE CODES
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 1, Chapter 1.12, Section 1.12.010 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
“1.12.010 Candidate’s filing fee.
A filing fee of twenty-five dollars is established for a candidate’s
nomination papers for elective offices at municipal elections held in the city. The filing
fee shall be paid to the city clerk by each candidate for an elective office at the time the
candidate’s nomination paper is filed with the city clerk. The city clerk shall pay to the
city treasurer all fees received which shall be deposited in the general fund.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a candidate may, in accord with Section
8106 of the Elections Code, in lieu of all or part of the filing fee, submit a petition
containing the signatures of four registered voters for each dollar of the filing fee.”
SECTION 2: That Title I, Chapter 1 .I 2, section 1.12.020 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
“1.12.020 Date for general municipal election.
Pursuant to Section 11403.5 of the California Government Code, the
general municipal election for the city shall be held on the same day as the day of the
statewide general election.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its
adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to
be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad
within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad
City Council on the 12th day of May , 1998, and thereafter
Ordinance No. ~~-448 , page 1 of 2
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad on the day of , 1998, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
Ordinance No. Ns-448 , page 2 of 2
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk
(SEAL)
EXHIBIT TO AGENDA BILL NO.
“1 .I 2.010 Candidate’s filing fee.
A filing fee of twenty-five dollars is established for a candidate’s
nomination papers for elective offices at municipal elections held in the city. The filing
fee shall be paid to the city clerk by each candidate for an elective office at the time the
candidate’s nomination paper is filed with the city clerk. The city clerk shall pay to the
city treasurer all fees received which shall be deposited in the general fund.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a candidate may, in accord with Section
6&% 8106 of the Elections Code, in lieu of all or part of the filing fee, submit a petition
containing the signatures of four registered voters for each dollar of the filing fee.”
‘7 .12.020 Date for general municipal election.
Pursuant to Section %%0&5 1’6403.5 of the California G~WFFM&
Elections Code, the general municipal election for the city shall be held on the same
day as the day of the statewide general election.”