HomeMy WebLinkAbout88-80 - Rebuttal for General Municipal Election - 11-8-88RESOLUTION NO. 88 -80
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL
ARGUMENTS FOR THE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON
NOVEMBER 8, 1988.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
has, this date, called and given notice of a General Municipal
Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has directed the Traffic
Management Initiative be submitted to the voters on that date;
and
WHEREAS, Sections 4015.5 and 5014.5 of the Elections Code
of the State of California authorize the City Council, by
majority vote, to adopt provisions for the filing of rebuttal
arguments for City measures submitted to the voters at any
municipal election.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Sections
4015.5 and 5014.5 of the Elections Code of the State of
California, when the Clerk has selected the arguments for and
against the Traffic Management Initiative that are to 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 argument 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
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argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it
seeks to rebut.
Section 2. All previous resolutions providing for the
filing of rebuttal arguments for City measures are hereby
repealed.
Section 3. The provisions of Section 1 shall apply to
the Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 1988 and at each
Municipal Election thereafter unless this Resolution is repealed
by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4015.5 and /or 5014.5 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, or other relevant
provisions of state or local law.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this resolution and enter it in the book of original
resolutions.
ADOPTED this 25th day of
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