Ballot Title Setting Board
2015-2016

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

STATE TAXES SHALL BE INCREASED $333.5 MILLION ANNUALLY BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL STATE SALES AND USE TAX OF 0.3 CENTS PER DOLLAR SPENT TO FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, DIRECTING THE NEW TAX REVENUE TO THE HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUND FOR ALLOCATION TO THE STATE FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS, PART OF WHICH MUST BE SPENT IN EACH STATE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT EVERY 3 YEARS, BUT EXCLUDING DIRECT FUNDING OF TOLL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS; AND REQUIRING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS FUNDED FROM THE STATE'S ALLOCATED REVENUES.

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

SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $333.5 MILLION ANNUALLY BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL STATE SALES AND USE TAX OF 0.3 CENTS PER DOLLAR SPENT TO FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, DIRECTING THE NEW TAX REVENUE TO THE HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUND FOR ALLOCATION TO THE STATE FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND CONGESTION RELIEF PROJECTS, PART OF WHICH MUST BE SPENT IN EACH STATE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT EVERY 3 YEARS, BUT EXCLUDING DIRECT FUNDING OF TOLL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS; AND REQUIRING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS FUNDED FROM THE STATE'S ALLOCATED REVENUES?

Hearing April 21, 2016

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board made technical corrections to the text of the initiative. A corrected version of the amended and final text was filed by the proponents at the hearing.
Hearing adjourned 10:12 AM.

* Unofficially captioned “Transportation Safety Sales and Use Tax” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.