Ballot Title Setting Board
2009-2010

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution stating that any government grant of a public right to use the water of a natural stream while that water overlies the private property is a taking that requires just compensation of the owner of the private property.

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

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution stating that any government grant of a public right to use the water of a natural stream while that water overlies the private property is a taking that requires just compensation of the owner of the private property?

Hearing April 21, 2010

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 8:24 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “Property Taking of Water Streams Overlying Private Property” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.