Ballot Title Setting Board
2009-2010

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning limitations on government borrowing, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting future borrowing in any form by state government; requiring voter approval of future borrowing by local governmental entities; limiting the form, term, and amount of total borrowing by each local governmental entity; directing all current borrowing to be paid; and reducing tax rates after certain borrowing is fully repaid.

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 limitations on government borrowing, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting future borrowing in any form by state government; requiring voter approval of future borrowing by local governmental entities; limiting the form, term, and amount of total borrowing by each local governmental entity; directing all current borrowing to be paid; and reducing tax rates after certain borrowing is fully repaid?

Hearing May 20, 2009

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 2:52 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “State and Local Debt Limitations” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.