Ballot Title Setting Board
2009-2010

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

State taxes shall be increased $110.0 million annually by an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the imposition of a tax on certain beverage containers to provide moneys for water conservation in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, setting the tax at one cent for every six fluid ounces, exempting from the tax certain fluids and beverages and authorizing the general assembly to create additional exceptions by a two-thirds majority of both houses, requiring the moneys from the tax to be used for purposes related to preserving the availability of water, and placing a four-year moratorium on modifications to state statutes regarding basin roundtables and the interbasin compact committee and its charter.

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

Shall state taxes be increased $110.0 million annually by an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the imposition of a tax on certain beverage containers to provide moneys for water conservation in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, setting the tax at one cent for every six fluid ounces, exempting from the tax certain fluids and beverages and authorizing the general assembly to create additional exceptions by a two-thirds majority of both houses, requiring the moneys from the tax to be used for purposes related to preserving the availability of water, and placing a four-year moratorium on modifications to state statutes regarding basin roundtables and the interbasin compact committee and its charter?

Hearing April 21, 2010

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 9:34 a.m.

Hearing April 30, 2010

Motions for Rehearing granted in part to the extent Board amended titles; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 4:29 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “Container Fee to Fund Water Preservation and Protection” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.