Ballot Title Setting Board
2013-2014

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution increasing the authority of local governments to restrict or prohibit oil and gas development which includes all physical or chemical procedures used to explore for, extract, process, produce, store or transport petroleum products, byproducts, or waste, and deeming such local restrictions not to be in conflict with the state’s interests.

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 increasing the authority of local governments to restrict or prohibit oil and gas development which includes all physical or chemical procedures used to explore for, extract, process, produce, store or transport petroleum products, byproducts, or waste, and deeming such local restrictions not to be in conflict with the state’s interests?

Hearing April 2, 2014

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 3:49 PM.

Rehearing April 16, 2014

Motion for Rehearing denied except to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Hearing adjourned 11:32 AM.

* Unofficially captioned “Local Control of Oil and Gas Development” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.