HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2160 ORDINANCE NO. 2160 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 4.06.040,
4.10.080 AND 4.16.030 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE, CONCERNING FEE FOR FILING NOMINATION
PAPERS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Thai: section 4.06.040 of Chapter 4.06 of Title 4 of the
Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield is hereby amended to
read as follows:
4.06.040 Time For Presenting Petition For Nomination and
Declaration of Candidacy~ Filin8 Fee. A petition for nomination for
any one candidate for Mayor may be presented to the Clerk not earlier
than one hundred twenty-four (124) days, nor later than ninety-nine
(99) days before the date of election. The Clerk shall endorse
thereon the day, hour and minute when the petition was presented to
him and shall not accept any petition after 5 P. M., on the ninety-
ninth (99th) day; provided, that if such day is a Saturday, Sunday
or other legal holiday, no petition for nomination shall be accepted
after 5 P. M., on the preceding business day.
All candidates for Mayor shall pay a filing fee of twenty-
five dollars ($25), to be paid upon the first presentation of the
petition of nomination.
The candidate, not later than the first presentation to
the Clerk of his petition of nomination, and not earlier than
thirty days before such presentation, shall file with the Clerk
a declaration of his candidacy, in the-form set out in Section 68
of the Bakersfield City Charter.
SECTION 2.
That Section 4.10.080 of Chapter 4.10 of Title 4 of the
Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield is hereby amended to
read as follows:
4.10.080 Time For Presenting Petition For Nomination; Filing
Fee. A petition for nomination consisting of not less than twenty-
five.nor more than fifty individual certificates may be presented
to the Clerk not earlier than ninety days, nor later than sixty days
before the date set for the special election. The Clerk shall
endorse thereon the day, hour and minute when the petition was pre-~
sented to him.
All candidates to fill a vacancy in the office of Council-
man shall pay a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), to be paid
upon the first presentation of the petition of nomination.
SECTION 3.
That Section 4.16.030 of Chapter 4.16 of Title 4 of the
Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield is hereby amended to read
as follows:
4.16.030 Petition For Nomination; Filing Fee. A petition for
nomination, consisting of not less than ~enty-five nor more than
fifty individual certificates for any one candidate, shall be pre-
sented to the Clerk not earlier than ninety days nor later than
sixty days before the nominating election. The Clerk shall endorse
thereon the day, hour and minute when the petition was presented
to him.
All candidates for councilman shall pay a filing fee of
twenty-five dollars ($25) to be paid upon the first presentation
of the petition of nomination.
SECTION 4.
The City Council hereby finds and determines that the
filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) imposed by this ordinance
is proportionate to the costs of processing a candidate's nomination
papers.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from
and after the date of its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 21st day of January, 1974, by the
following vote:
AYE$~ COUNCILMEN R,L-Eeek~R,~, MEDDER$, ROGERS, STRONG, THOMAS
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
~TAINING COUNCI~EN~
CITY-CLERK and Ex OfYicio~Clerk of-~he
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APP~nuary, 1974
MAY~of the City-of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTORNEY o th~/City of
Affi av ! of ( r nan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~ ss.
County of Kern ~
MARIAN S. IR¥IN, being duly sworn, deposes and sayS:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that on ......................... .J...a..n.~.a...r.~.....2...2..n...d. ............................... 19o.~.~.. she posted on the Bulletin Board
at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ....................J..a...n..u...a...r.y.....2..1...s..l.. ................ 19..~.4, which ordinance
was numbered ..............2..1...6...0. ................. New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 4.06.040,
4.10.080 AND 4.16.030 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE, CONCERNING FEE FOR FILING NOMINATION
PAPERS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.
CITY' CLERK
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
.... ..2..2...n...dday of ............. .~..a...n..~..a...r.y. ................. 19...7..~..
Notary Public in and for t~¢ County of Kern, State of California
J ~.~:7~:L,~i~:;i::l NOTARY PUBLIC - CALIFO,~NIA It'
JlMY COMMISSION EXPIRE'S NOVEMBER 26, 19761j: