HomeMy WebLinkAbout10 - Code Book Chapter 1.30 Amendment - Election Campaign FilingAgenda Item No. 10
May 23, 2000
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk
SUBJECT: AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 1.30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
RECOMMENDATION
Introduce Ordinance No. 2000 -_ amending Section 1.30.030 of Title 1 of the
NBMC pertaining to election campaigr filing, and pass to second reading on June
13, 2000.
BACKGROUND
During the 1998 General Municipal Election some confusion arose surrounding the
filing of copies of campaign documents with the City Clerk in the fourteen (14) days
preceding the election. The code section requires that ten (10) copies of the
campaign documents be filed within two hours of first distribution, however there
was no requirement to provide proof of the first distribution. Without this
requirement it was virtually impossible to determine whether the documents were
being filed in the timeframe provided. The City Attorney has drafted an
amendment to the ordinance which requires that within two hours after
distribution of the first document, ten (10) copies of the campaign document must be
filed with the City Clerk accompanied by a Notice of Mailing or other evidence
confirming the date and time of the first distribution. This provision will apply to
each initial distribution of more than two hundred substantially similar campaign
documents but shall not apply to any distribution of campaign documents after
copies have already been filed with the City Clerk. �� �/J
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LaVonne M. Harkless, CMC /AAE
City Clerk
Attachment: Draft Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO. 2000 -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS
1.30.030 OF TITLE 1 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO ELECTION
CAMPAIGN FILING
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby ordain that
certain Newport Beach Municipal Code section is amended to read, in full, as
follows:
SECTION 1: Section 1.30.030 of Chapter 1.30 is amended to read as
follows:
1.30.030 Filing.
Any person distributing two hundred (200), or more, substantially similar
campaign documents within fourteen (14) days of any general or special municipal
election shall, within two hours after distribution of the first document distribution,
file ten copies of the campaign document with the City Clerk accompanied by a
Notice of Mailing or other evidence confirming the date and time of the first
distribution. The provisions of this Section shall apply to each initial distribution of
more than two hundred substantially similar campaign documents but shall not
apply to any distribution of campaign documents after copies have been filed with
the City Clerk.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and
phrases be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the
passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published
once in the official newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days
after its adoption.
SECTION 4: This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on the 23rd day of May, 2000, and
adopted on the 13th day of June, 2000, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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