Ballot Title Setting Board
2021-2022

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

An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning local licensing requirements for approval of licenses for retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, requiring a local licensing authority to hold a public hearing to consider a license conversion, modification, or other change that expands the types of alcohol beverages that may be sold at retail or revises the class of retail license and to determine whether the conversion, modification, or other change would meet the needs and desires of the inhabitants of the neighborhood and meet new minimum distance requirements from schools, daycare centers, churches, and other licensed retail sellers of alcohol beverages; and, for renewal of a license for retail sale of alcohol beverages for off-premises consumption, requiring the local licensing authority to hold a public hearing and find that the renewal will serve the public interest and is warranted by the license holder's operating history.

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

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning local licensing requirements for approval of licenses for retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, requiring a local licensing authority to hold a public hearing to consider a license conversion, modification, or other change that expands the types of alcohol beverages that may be sold at retail or revises the class of retail license and to determine whether the conversion, modification, or other change would meet the needs and desires of the inhabitants of the neighborhood and meet new minimum distance requirements from schools, daycare centers, churches, and other licensed retail sellers of alcohol beverages; and, for renewal of a license for retail sale of alcohol beverages for off-premises consumption, requiring the local licensing authority to hold a public hearing and find that the renewal will serve the public interest and is warranted by the license holder's operating history?

Hearing April 20, 2022

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Julie Pelegrin, Eric Meyer
Hearing adjourned 8:15 PM.

Rehearing April 28, 2022

Motion for Rehearing granted only to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Julie Pelegrin, David Powell
Hearing adjourned: 8:40 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Local Approval Requirement for Expanded Liquor License" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.