Ballot Title Setting Board
2003-2004

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a prohibition against deducting moneys from the wages of a school district employee for political activities, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a school district from deducting money from the wages of its employees to be paid directly or indirectly to specified political persons or organizations and prohibiting specified organizations from accepting such money; prohibiting a school district from deducting from the wages of a school district employee any money to be used by a labor organization for a political purpose and prohibiting a labor organization from accepting such money; requiring that money illegally deducted from an employee be refunded; establishing a fine for the knowing and intentional violation of the measure; and establishing a private right of action with a two-year statute of limitations for fines, restitution, or injunctive relief.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a prohibition against deducting moneys from the wages of a school district employee for political activities, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a school district from deducting money from the wages of its employees to be paid directly or indirectly to specified political persons or organizations and prohibiting specified organizations from accepting such money; prohibiting a school district from deducting from the wages of a school district employee any money to be used by a labor organization for a political purpose and prohibiting a labor organization from accepting such money; requiring that money illegally deducted from an employee be refunded; establishing a fine for the knowing and intentional violation of the measure; and establishing a private right of action with a two-year statute of limitations for fines, restitution, or injunctive relief?

Hearing May 19, 2004

Single subject approved; staff draft approved; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 5:08 p.m.

Hearing May 28, 2004

Motion for Rehearing granted in part to the extent Board amended titles; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 10:27 a.m.

* Unofficially captioned “School District Wage Deductions” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.