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 a prohibition against discrimination by the state, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, and public contracting; preserving the state's authority to take actions regarding public employment, public education, and public contracting that are consistent with the United States constitution as interpreted by the United States supreme court; and defining "state" to include, without limitation, the state of Colorado, any agency or department of the state, any public institution of higher education, any political subdivision, or any governmental instrumentality of or within the state.

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 a prohibition against discrimination by the state, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, and public contracting; preserving the state's authority to take actions regarding public employment, public education, and public contracting that are consistent with the United States constitution as interpreted by the United States supreme court; and defining "state" to include, without limitation, the state of Colorado, any agency or department of the state, any public institution of higher education, any political subdivision, or any governmental instrumentality of or within the state?

Hearing February 20, 2008

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 2:43 PM.

Rehearing March 5, 2008

Motion for Rehearing granted; title setting denied on the basis that the measure does not constitute a single subject.
Hearing adjourned 10:57 AM.

Rehearing June 4, 2008

On remand from the Colorado Supreme Court, Title Board adopted titles in accordance with instructions from the Court.
Hearing adjourned 2:11 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Federal Standards for Discrimination/Preferential Treatment by Colorado Governments" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.