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RESOLUTION NO. 9314
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO
LIMIT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGAL PUBLICATION
OF ORDINANCES
WHEREAS, the Southern California City Clerks'
Association actively supported legislation to reduce the
exorbitant costs of legal publications pertaining to basic
wage rates; and
WHEREAS, the California State Legislature enacted
legislation this past year which eliminates the requirement
for publication of basic wage rates; and
WHEREAS, cities are still faced with excessive legal
publication costs due to requirements by statute or charter
(Government Code §50021) that ordinances must be published in
a newspaper of general circulation, and in full; and
WHEREAS, many cities are presently, or may be, faced
with a drastic curtailment of monies in their General Fund due
to proposed limitations on these funds; and
WHEREAS, readership of legal publications, generally
delegated to classified sections of newspapers, is notably
lacking; and
WHEREAS, the Southern California City Clerks' Associa-
tion feel that the best interests of both the public and their
cities would be served by limiting the publication of ordinances
to number, title, a brief synopsis of content and a statement
that a full copy of the ordinance is available in the office
• of the City Clerk.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that the City Clerk is hereby authorized
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and directed to contact appropriate representatives in the
California State Legislature and request that legislation be adopted
which would limit the requirements for legal publication of
ordinances to the manner proposed and which would save many
dollars of the taxpayers' funds and permit them to be used in a
manner which would provide more benefit to their cities.
ADOPTED this 10th day of April
ATTEST:
City Clerk
5ERTIf�D
CITY CLERK tlF THE CITY Of 1iE'•f• . T G'ACH
APR 1 3 1978
DATE: ......... ........................ ........ I.........
, 1978.
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