Ballot Title Setting Board
2009-2010

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

An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning juveniles charged with committing a crime for which they may be tried as adults, and, in connection therewith, repealing a district attorney's authority to directly file charges against a juvenile as an adult in district court; and directing the executive director of the department of corrections to refer an inmate to a community corrections program if the inmate is at least thirty years of age, has displayed acceptable institutional behavior, and was sentenced as an adult for a crime committed when the inmate was a juvenile.

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 juveniles charged with committing a crime for which they may be tried as adults, and, in connection therewith, repealing a district attorney's authority to directly file charges against a juvenile as an adult in district court; and directing the executive director of the department of corrections to refer an inmate to a community corrections program if the inmate is at least thirty years of age, has displayed acceptable institutional behavior, and was sentenced as an adult for a crime committed when the inmate was a juvenile?

Hearing April 21, 2010

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 4:33 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “Juveniles Tried as Adults Eligible for Community Corrections” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.