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 the operation of medical marijuana facilities, and, in connection therewith, creating a right to obtain a license to operate a medical marijuana dispensing or production facility; requiring the general assembly to adopt legislation regarding exceptions to the state's criminal laws for the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana, the licensing and operation of medical marijuana dispensing facilities and production facilities, and civil penalties; requiring localities to set up a local licensing authority for medical marijuana dispensing and production licenses and procedures for the issuance, suspension, and revocation of a local license; permitting localities to adopt time, place, and manner restrictions on medical marijuana operations; requiring the state department of regulatory agencies to process and issue state medical marijuana licenses; and requiring localities to create a local licensing process to be used if a state licensing process is not established or followed.

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 operation of medical marijuana facilities, and, in connection therewith, creating a right to obtain a license to operate a medical marijuana dispensing or production facility; requiring the general assembly to adopt legislation regarding exceptions to the state's criminal laws for the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana, the licensing and operation of medical marijuana dispensing facilities and production facilities, and civil penalties; requiring localities to set up a local licensing authority for medical marijuana dispensing and production licenses and procedures for the issuance, suspension, and revocation of a local license; permitting localities to adopt time, place, and manner restrictions on medical marijuana operations; requiring the state department of regulatory agencies to process and issue state medical marijuana licenses; and requiring localities to create a local licensing process to be used if a state licensing process is not established or followed?

Hearing March 17, 2010

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 3:23 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “Medical Marijuana Dispensing Facility Operations” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.