HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2825ORDINANCE NO. 282~ NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 1.16.040 A.,
1.16.050 C., 1.16.070, 1.16.080, 1.16.090,
1.16.240 A. , 1.16.250 A. , 1.16.250 E. ,
1.16.260, 1.16.270 A., 1.16.310, 1.16.330 A.,
1.16.340 A., 1.16.350 D., 1.16.360, AND
1.16.370 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATIVE TO ELECTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED by
as follows:
Section
is hereby amended
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
SECTION 1.
1.16.040 A. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
to read as follows:
1.16.040 Nominating petition--Time for presenting for nomina-
tion and declaration of candidacy--Filing fee.
A. A petition for nomination for any one candidate for
mayor may be presented to the clerk not earlier than one hundred
thirty-five days nor later than one hundred ten 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 five p.m., on the one hundred tenth
day; provided, that if such day is a Saturday, Sunday or other
legal holiday, no petition for nomination shall be accepted after
five p.m. on the preceding business day.
SECTION 2.
Section 1.16.050 C. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.050 Nominating petition--Examination by city clerk.
C. If the petition is insufficient, it may be amended
or supplemented by the presentation of additional nominating
certificates, not later than ninety-five days before the nominating
election.
SECTION 3.
Section 1.16.070 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.070 Resolution calling elections.
Not later than ninety days before the day of election,
the council shall adopt the resolutions calling the election and
requesting consolidation with statewide election.
SECTION 4.
Section 1.16.080 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.080 List of candidates.
Immediately after the petitions
the city clerk shall
in a list and shall,
nominating election,
for nomination are filed,
enter the names of the qualified candidates
not later than eighty-two days before the
certify such list as being the list of candidates
nominated, and the council shall cause said certified list to be
filed and published in the proclamation calling the election two
times, once a week for two successive weeks, not earlier than the
eighty-ninth nor later than the seventy-fifth day before the day
of election.
SECTION 5.
Section 1.16.090 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.090 Names on primary ballot.
Whenever anyone has declared his candidacy for a primary
election, his name shall be printed upon the ballot for the primary
election, unless he has died and that fact has been ascertained by
the officer charged with the duty of printing the ballot, at least
eighty-two days before the day of election.
SECTION 6.
Section 1.16.240 A. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.240 Nominating petition--Time for filing--Filing fee.
A. 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 one hundred twenty-four
days nor later than ninety-four days before the date set for the
special election. The clerk shall endorse thereon the day, hour
and minute when the petition was presented to him.
SECTION 7.
Section 1.16.250 A. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.250 Nominating petition--Examination by city
Section
clerk.
A.
The examination of petitions of nomination and the
correction of said petitions shall be governed by the provisions
of the Charter.
SECTION 8.
Section 1.16.250 E. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1.16.250 Nominating petition--Examination by city
clerk.
E. If the petition is insufficient, it may be amended
or supplemented by the presentation of an additional nominating
petition or petitions containing additional nominating certificates
not later than eighty-seven days before the date of the special
election.
SECTION 9.
Section 1.16.260 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.26~ List of candidates.
The city clerk shall, not later than eighty-two days
before the date set for the special election, enter the names of
the candidates in a list and shall certify such list as being the
list of candidates nominated, and the council shall cause said
certified list to be filed and published in the proclamation calling
the election two times, once a week for two successive weeks, not
earlier than the eighty-ninth day nor later than the seventy-fifth
day before the day of the election.
SECTION 10.
Section 1.16.270 A. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.270 Names on ballot and order.
A. Whenever anyone has qualified as a candidate for a
special election, his name shall be printed upon the ballot for
the primary election unless he has died and that fact has been
ascertained by the officer charged with the duty of printing the
ballot at least eighty-two days before the day of election.
SECTION 1].
Section 1.16.310 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1.16.310 Elected councilman.
The councilman who has been elected to office pursuant
to Sections 1.16.170 through this section shall, after being
sworn in, take office on the second regular council meeting
followinq the date of the special election.
SECTION 12.
Section 1.16.330 A. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.330 Date of general municiDal election.
A. A general municipal election for the election of
members of the council shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
SECTION 13.
Section 1.16.340 A. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Nominating petition--Filing fee--Petition in lieu
1.16.340
of filing.
A.
A petition for nomination, consisting of not less
than twenty-five nor more than fifty individual certificates for
any one candidate, shall be presented to the city clerk not earlier
than the one hundred twenty-fourth day nor later than the ninety-
fourth day before the general municipal election. The clerk shall
endorse thereon the day, hour and minute when the petition was
presented to him.
SECTION 14.
Section 1.16.350 D. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.350 Nominating petition--Examination by city clerk.
D. If the petition is insufficient, it may be amended
or supplemented by the presentation of an additional nominating
petition or petitions containing additional nominating certificates,
not later than the eighty-seventh day before the date of the
general municipal election.
Sect ion
hereby amended to
SECTION 15.
1.16.360 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
read as follows:
1.16.360 Withdrawal of candidate for nomination.
Any person who has filed his declaration of candidacy,
as provided in Sections 1.16.320 through 1.16.410, may, not later
than the eighty-second day before the day of the general municipal
election, cause his name to be withdrawn from nomination by
filing with the clerk an affidavit stating that he so withdraws,
and no n~me so withdrawn shall be printed on the ballot.
SECTION 16.
Section 1.16.370 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.16.370 List of candidates.
Immediately after the petitions for nomination are
filed, the city clerk shall enter the names of the candidates in
a list, with the offices to be filled, whether for a full or
unexpired term and the names of the candidates for each, and
shall, not later than eighty-two days before the general municipal
election, certify such list as being the list of candidates
nominated.
SECTION 17.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
City Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30)
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 16%h day of March , 19 8~ by
the following vote:
COUNCILMEN: ~, C~, MEANS, PAYNE, RA]qT, ROCKOFF, STRONS
CITY Ex/Officio Clerk of
Council of the City of Bakersfield
the
APPROVED this 16%h day of March , 19 83
YnR of th~ City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to Form:
CITY ~ORNE,Y//x6f the City of Bakersfield
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2-24-83
Aff av t of ostmg (Or,mattes
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, t
County of Kern ss.
PHILIP KELMAR, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that on .....................l~l..a....r...~_h.._..~._8.. ................................................................................19....~...3... he 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 ...................M...a....r....c....h....._.l...~. .................................................., 19..8..~...., which ordinance
was numbered_ .................2825 ....................New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 1.16.040 A.,
1.16.050 C., 1.16.070, 1.16.080, 1.16.090,
1.16. 240 A., 1.16.250 A., 1.16. 250 E.,
1.16.260, 1.16.270 A., 1.16.310, 1.16.330 A.,
1.16.340 A., 1.16.350 D., 1.16.360, AND
1.16.370 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATIVE TO ELECTIONS.
City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
.~.~ ... day of ..........~.~.r.~..t~ ..............................,19....~..3.