Ballot Title Setting Board
2005-2006

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning term limits for appellate court judges, and, in connection therewith, providing four-year terms of office for justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals, prohibiting a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the court of appeals from serving more than three terms, and making any justice or judge who has served more than twelve years at one court level ineligible for another term at that level.

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 term limits for appellate court judges, and, in connection therewith, providing four-year terms of office for justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals, prohibiting a justice of the supreme court or a judge of the court of appeals from serving more than three terms, and making any justice or judge who has served more than twelve years at one court level ineligible for another term at that level?

Hearing February 1, 2006

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 4:10 p.m.

Hearing February 15, 2006

At request of proponent, technical correction allowed in text of measure. (In Section 27, last sentence, changed “SHALL BE NOT ELIGIBLE” to “SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE”.)
Motion for Rehearing granted in part to the extent Board amended titles; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 4:48 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “Term Limits on Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Judges” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.