Ballot Title Setting Board
2015-2016

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a ban on the use of hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas development and, in connection therewith, excluding federal land and Indian reservations from the ban; stating that the ban is not a government taking of private property for public or private use that requires the payment of compensation under the Colorado constitution; authorizing any person to sue to enforce the ban and obtain damages; awarding reasonable costs of litigation upon determination that a violation occurred; authorizing a court or jury to assess penalties for a violation of the ban to be paid to the local government where the violation of the ban occurred.

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 ban on the use of hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas development and, in connection therewith, excluding federal land and Indian reservations from the ban; stating that the ban is not a government taking of private property for public or private use that requires the payment of compensation under the Colorado constitution; authorizing any person to sue to enforce the ban and obtain damages; awarding reasonable costs of litigation upon determination that a violation occurred; authorizing a court or jury to assess penalties for a violation of the ban to be paid to the local government where the violation of the ban occurred?

Hearing January 20, 2016

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 12:03 PM

Rehearing February 3, 2016

Motion for Rehearing granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 11:02 AM.

* Unofficially captioned “Prohibition on Use of Hydraulic Fracturing" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.