Ordinance No. 1060ORDINANCE NO. 1060
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
BY ESTABLISHING A FILING FEE FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICES OF SAID CITY
WHEREAS, there are costs in processing a candidate's nomination papers for an elective office
at municipal elections held in the City of Cypress; and
WHEREAS, Section 10228 of the Elections Code of the State of California authorizes a City
Council to impose a filing fee proportionate to the costs of processing a candidate's nomination papers
but not exceeding $25.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress, California, does hereby ordain
as follows:
Section 1. A filing fee of $25.00 is hereby established for candidate's nomination papers
for elective offices at municipal elections held in the City of Cypress.
Section 2. 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.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall pay to the City Treasurer all fees received which shall be
deposited in the General Fund.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact
that any one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portions thereof be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to
be posted at the duly designated posting places within the City and published once within fifteen days
after passage and adoption as may be required by law; or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause
to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be
posted in the Office of the City Clerk five days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance; and,
within fifteen days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published, the aforementioned
summary and shall post a certified copy of this Ordinance, together with the vote for and against the
same, in the Office of the City Clerk.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 28th day of June,
2004; and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting held on the 12th day of July, 2004.
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF CYPRESS )
I, JILL R. GUERTIN, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cypress, held on the 12th day of July, 2004, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: McCoy, McGill, Sondhi and Keenan
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Piercy
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CLERK F THE CITY OF CYPRESS