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1 <br /> - 2 <br /> 3 <br /> - 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 <br /> 14 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br /> 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 <br /> 21 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 28 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 <br /> 32 <br /> <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br />RIVERSIDE <br />CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 5257 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, <br />AMENDING TITLE 1 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE BY <br />ADDING THERETO A NEW CHAPTER 1.15, PURSUANT TO <br />SECTION 1002 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, <br />TO SET THE PERIOD FOR FILING OF NOMINATION DOCUMENTS <br />FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS THE SAME AS THE PERIOD FOR <br />FILING NOMINATION DOCUMENTS BY CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS <br />CONSOLIDATED WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION AS SET FORTH <br />IN ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 23302.5 OR AS THAT SECTION <br />MAY HEREAFTER BE AMENDED, REWRITTEN, OR RENUMBERED. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS the Election Department has requested that the <br />period for filing of nomination documents for municipal elec- <br />tions be set to coincide with the period for filing nomination <br />documents by candidates in elections consolidated with the <br />general election; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS that nomination period is presently set forth <br /> <br />in Elections Code Section 23302.5; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS Section 1002 of the Charter of the City of <br />Riverside authorizes such changes by ordinance; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS the change will benefit the Election Department <br />and enable them to process all nomination documents at the same <br />time, and will establish a more efficient pre-election process; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Riverside <br />does hereby ordain as follows: <br /> <br /> Section 1: Title 1 of the Riverside Municipal Code is <br />hereby amended by adding thereto a new Chapter 1.15 pursuant to <br />Section 1002 of the Charter of the City of Riverside, which <br />Chapter 1.15 shall read as follows: <br /> <br /> "CHAPTER 1.15 <br /> <br /> NOMINATION PERIODS <br /> <br /> Section 1.15.010 ESTABLISHMENT. The period <br /> for the filing of nomination documents for municipal <br /> elections shall be the same as the period for filing <br /> nomination documents by candidates in elections <br /> consolidated with the general election as set forth <br /> in Elections Code Section 23302.5 or as that section <br /> may hereafter be amended, rewritten, or renumbered." <br /> <br /> Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption <br /> <br /> <br />