Resolution No. 465933
RESOLUTION NO. 4659
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL
ARGUMENTS FOR CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
WHEREAS, Sections 9220 and 9285 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Sections 9220 and 9285 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 all previous resolutions providing for the
filing of rebuttal arguments for city measures are repealed.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of Section 1 shall apply at
the next ensuing municipal election and at each municipal election
after that time.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of
original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress
at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of June 1996.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, LILLIAN M. HAINA, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 24th day of
June 1996; by the following roll call vote:
AYES : 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS : Age, Carroll, Jones and Bowman
NOES : 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT : 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS : Kerry
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS