Ballot Title Setting Board
2013-2014
The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:
An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a right to local self-government, and, in connection therewith, declaring that the people have an inherent right to local self-government in counties and municipalities, including the power to enact laws to establish and protect fundamental rights of individuals, communities, and nature and the power to define or eliminate the rights and powers of corporations or business entities to prevent them from interfering with those fundamental rights; and declaring that such local laws are not subject to preemption by any federal, state, or international laws.
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 right to local self-government, and, in connection therewith, declaring that the people have an inherent right to local self-government in counties and municipalities, including the power to enact laws to establish and protect fundamental rights of individuals, communities, and nature and the power to define or eliminate the rights and powers of corporations or business entities to prevent them from interfering with those fundamental rights; and declaring that such local laws are not subject to preemption by any federal, state, or international laws?
Hearing March 19, 2014
Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 12:23 PM
Rehearing April 2, 2014
Motion for Rehearing denied except to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Hearing adjourned 12:59 PM.
* Unofficially captioned “Right to Local Self-Government” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.