Ballot Title Setting Board
2013-2014

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a public right to Colorado’s environment, and, in connection therewith, declaring that Colorado’s environment is the common property of all Coloradans; specifying that the environment includes clean air, pure water, and natural and scenic values and that state and local governments are trustees of this resource; requiring state and local governments to conserve the environment; and declaring that if state or local laws conflict the more restrictive law or regulation governs.

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 concerning a public right to Colorado’s environment, and, in connection therewith, declaring that Colorado’s environment is the common property of all Coloradans; specifying that the environment includes clean air, pure water, and natural and scenic values and that state and local governments are trustees of this resource; requiring state and local governments to conserve the environment; and declaring that if state or local laws conflict the more restrictive law or regulation governs?

Hearing April 3, 2014

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 10:17 AM

Rehearing April 16, 2014

Motion for rehearing granted to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 1:36 PM.

* Unofficially captioned “Local Government Regulation of Environment” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.