Ballot Title Setting Board
2025-2026

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

An amendment to the Colorado Constitution requiring statewide voter approval for certain fees, and, in connection therewith, requiring such voter approval for any new or increased state, local, or special district fee authorized by state law if the projected or actual combined revenue from the fee and all other fees with a similar purpose created or increased within the same year or the previous five years exceeds $100 million within the first five fiscal years of the creation or increase of the fee, excluding fees charged by institutions of higher education, and defining a “fee” as a governmental charge voluntarily paid in exchange for a specific 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 requiring statewide voter approval for certain fees, and, in connection therewith, requiring such voter approval for any new or increased state, local, or special district fee authorized by state law if the projected or actual combined revenue from the fee and all other fees with a similar purpose created or increased within the same year or the previous five years exceeds $100 million within the first five fiscal years of the creation or increase of the fee, excluding fees charged by institutions of higher education, and defining a “fee” as a governmental charge voluntarily paid in exchange for a specific benefit?

Hearing March 5, 2025

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.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jason Gelender, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:30 AM.

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