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ORDINANCE NO. Me-877
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTION
2.56.170 OF AND ADDING SECTION 2.56.171 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO
3 MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING, TO CALLING SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND THE DATE
SUCH ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 SECTION 1. Section 2.56.170 of the San Bernardino Municipal
7 Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
8 "2.56.170 Special Elections
9 The Mayor and Common C01lncil shall call a
10 special election to be held on a Tuesday,
11 not less than ninety (90) nor more than one
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hundred thirty-five (135) days following
such call. If an establiahed election date
set by Section 10 of t:he Charter of the
Ci ty of San Bernardino or Elections Code
~2500 falls within that time period, such
special election shall be held on that
date. Two or more special elections of the
City may be combined intu one election. If
the special election is held to fill a
vacancy on the Council it shall be called
prior to an anticipatej vacancy or within
thirty (30) days after such vacancy. In
such cases, the election shall be held not
less than ninety ( 90 ) nor more than one
hundred thirty-five (1:5) days fOllowing
such vacancy. Any such special election so
called shall be held in ':ompliance with the
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provisions of the Char"Ler and applicable
ordinances of the City." Unless the
election is not held as provided in Section
2.56.175, the candidate receiving the
plurali ty of votes cast at such special
election shall be elected to fill the
vacancy. "
SECTION 2. Section 2. 56 .17~ is hereby added to the San
Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows:
"2.56.171 Special Elections; alternate procedure
Where a vacancy exists on the Common Council, the
Council may, as an alternative to the procedure
outlined in Section 2.56.170, call a special election
to be held on a Tuesday, wi thin the time limits set by
Section 2.56.170 to be conducted wholly by mail
ballots. Such elections shall be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1350 et seq.
of the Elections Code of the State of California.
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNAaDINO AMENDING SECTION 2.56.170
OF AND ADDING SECTION 2.56.171 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO CALLING SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND THE DATE SUCH
ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
Bernardino at a reqular
day of
meeting thereof, held on the 7th
June
, 1993, by the following vote, to wit:
Council Members:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
NEGRE1.'E
x
CURLIN
x
x
HERNANDEZ
x
OBERHELMAN
OFFICE VACANT
POPE-LUDLAM
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MILLER
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The foregoing ordinance is h8reby approved this
of
, 1993.
June
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Tom "-Minor, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form
and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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