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 right granted to the public for the use of the water of a natural stream while the water overlies private property constitutes a permanent occupation of that private property, notwithstanding the public’s intermittent use of that right.

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 right granted to the public for the use of the water of a natural stream while the water overlies private property constitutes a permanent occupation of that private property, notwithstanding the public’s intermittent use of that right?

Hearing April 21, 2010

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 8:32 p.m.

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