CC Resolution No. 04-455
CITY OF CUPERTINO
RESOLUTION NO. 04-455
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO REQUIRING
CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL TO PAY ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
VOLUNTARY CANDIDATE'S STATEMENT.
WHEREAS, budget constraints have forced the municipal government to weigh the
advantages and disadvantages of full cost recovery in all areas of local government; and
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 13307 (c) allows a local agency to
estimate the costs associated with printing, handling, translating, and mailing candidate's
statements, and to require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance his or her pro rata
share;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1) Candidates for City Council who wish to file a candidate's statement shall pay to
the City of Cupertino his or her pro rata share of the costs associated with that statement.
2) The estimated pro rata share of costs shall be paid to the City of Cupertino at the
time the nomination papers are filed;,
3) Candidates are requested to pay their pro rata share of the costs in the form of a
cashier's check, a personal check, or a check drawn upon the candidate's campaign account.
4) A candidate that alleges to be indigent and unable to pay the fee in advance may
submit a request for waiver of this requirement pursuant to Elections Code 13309.
5) The cost of printing and translating Candidate Statements shall not be counted
against any voluntary expenditure caps set by City Council resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 7th day of December 2004, by the following vote:
Vote
Members of the Citv Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Kwok, Lowenthal, James
None
Sandoval, Wang
None
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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ayor, City of Cupertino
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