Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution limiting new or increased fees, and, in connection therewith, defining a “fee”, which does not require voter approval, as opposed to a tax, which does require voter approval, as a governmental charge voluntarily paid in exchange for specific benefit provided to the payer in an amount that should reasonably approximate the payer’s share of the costs incurred by the government in providing the benefit.

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 limiting new or increased fees, and, in connection therewith, defining a “fee”, which does not require voter approval, as opposed to a tax, which does require voter approval, as a governmental charge voluntarily paid in exchange for specific benefit provided to the payer in an amount that should reasonably approximate the payer’s share of the costs incurred by the government in providing the benefit?

Hearing April 17, 2024

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative.
The Board made technical corrections to the text of the initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jason Gelender, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:34 AM.

Rehearing April 25, 2024

Motion for rehearing (Akright) was granted only to the extent the Board made changes to the title (3-0).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jason Gelender, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 12:15 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Government Fees" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.