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AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented y:
CONSENT CALENDAR City Clerk
DATE: December 10, 1991
SUBJECT: Providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for City Measures
Resolution Number: 91-201
DEPARTMENT: City Clem
BACKGROUND
The Elections Code allows proponents and Councilmembers to submit arguments
regarding initiative.measures submitted by petition. Section 4015.5 and 5014.5
allow the Council to adopt provisions to permit rebuttal arguments to be .filed.
These provisions must be adopted at the same meeting at which the resolution
calling the election is adopted.
Resolution No. 91-201, attached, provides for the filing of rebuttal arguments
by the authors of the petition not exceeding 250 words and -shall be filed with
the City Clerk not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct
arguments.
Adopt Resolution Nos. 91-201 and authorize the. City Clerk to. transmit the
resolution to the County Elections Department.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution No. 91-201
Adopted: Ja -
Agenda Item:
RESOLUTION NO. 91-201
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF
REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR CITY -MEASURES
SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, Section 4015.5 and 5014.5 of the Elections Code of the State of
California authorizes the City Council, by majority vote, to adopt provisions to
provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments for City measures submitted at
Municipal elections; and
NOV, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of, Santa Clarita does resolve,
declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1: That pursuant to Sections 4015.5 and 5014.5 of the Elections
Code of the State of California, when the clerk has selected the arguments for
and against the measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the
Clerk. shall send copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors
of the. argument against and copies of the argument against to the authors of the
argument in favor. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not
exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk
not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct arguments.
Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments.
Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct_ argument which it
seeks to rebut.
SECTION 2: That the provisions of Section 1 shall apply only to .the
election to be held on April 14, 1992 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 3: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption,
of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of 1991.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
I, Donna M. Grindey, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the_ day of , 1991 by the following vote of
Council.
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
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