Ballot Title Setting Board
2007-2008

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the creation of a new department of environmental conservation, and, in connection therewith, establishing an elected board of commissioners to supervise the department; specifying the department's duties and powers and declaring that conflict between economic interest and conservation stewardship responsibilities shall be resolved in favor of public ownerships and public values; transferring certain existing governmental programs and entities to the department, including the great outdoors Colorado program; transferring to the board of commissioners the authority to appoint members of certain boards and commissions relating to those programs and entities; vesting procedural management responsibility for the department in an executive director, subject to supervision by the board of commissioners; identifying revenue sources for the department; and exempting the department from the fiscal limits contained in section 20 of article X of the Colorado constitution.

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 the creation of a new department of environmental conservation, and, in connection therewith, establishing an elected board of commissioners to supervise the department; specifying the department's duties and powers and declaring that conflict between economic interest and conservation stewardship responsibilities shall be resolved in favor of public ownerships and public values; transferring certain existing governmental programs and entities to the department, including the great outdoors Colorado program; transferring to the board of commissioners the authority to appoint members of certain boards and commissions relating to those programs and entities; vesting procedural management responsibility for the department in an executive director, subject to supervision by the board of commissioners; identifying revenue sources for the department; and exempting the department from the fiscal limits contained in section 20 of article X of the Colorado constitution?

Hearing June 6, 2007

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 10:32 AM.

Rehearing June 20, 2007

Motion for Rehearing denied.
Hearing adjourned 2:59 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "New State Department and Elected Board for Public Resource Conservation" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.