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Reduces the age to run for CO Representative and Senator from 25 to 21 years old.
Changes the format of the question of reelecting Justice or Judge. It makes it so that each type of court is specified on the ballot for each Justice or Judge.
Takes the definition of “Industrial Hemp” out of the State Constitution. It requires the definition to match federal law or Colorado Statute.
Creates an independent commission to be in charge of drawing Congressional Legislative Districts instead of the Legislature. The commission must be balanced with Republicans, Democrats and Unaffiliateds. A person must have been registered or unaffiliated for five years to be eligible. The process will be by a drawing of interested individuals, and recent Judges. No maps are permitted within 72 hours of the vote.
Creates an independent commission to be in charge of drawing State Senate and State House Legislative Districts instead of the Legislature. The commission must be balanced with Republicans, Democrats and Unaffiliateds. A person must have been registered or unaffiliated for five years to be eligible. The process will be by a drawing of interested individuals, and recent Judges. No maps are permitted within 72 hours of the vote.
Prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
Increase state taxes $1.6 billion. Increases four tax brackets starting at .37% for income above $150,000, increasing 3.62% for income above $500,000, increase corporate rate by 1.37%, and current residential assessment rate from 7.2 to 7% and the current nonresidential assessment rate from 29 to 24%. Requires general fund appropriations to match inflation up to 5%.
Would require the government to award just compensation to owners of private property when a government law or regulation reduces the fair market value of the property.
If any candidate in a primary or general election for state office directs more than one million dollars in support of his or her own election, then every candidate for that office in the same election may accept five times the amount of campaign contributions normally allowed.
Shall state debt be increased $3,500,000,000, with a maximum repayment cost of $5,200,000,000, without raising taxes or fees, by a change to the Colorado revised statutes requiring the issuance of transportation revenue anticipation notes, and, in connection therewith, note proceeds shall be retained as a voter-approved revenue change and used exclusively to fund specified road and bridge expansion, construction, maintenance, and repair projects throughout the state?
Shall state taxes be increased $766,700,000 annually for a twenty-year period, and state debt shall be increased $6,000,000,000 with a maximum repayment cost of $9,400,000,000, to pay for state and local transportation projects, and, in connection therewith, changing the Colorado revised statutes to: 1) increase the state sales and use tax rate by 0.62% beginning January 1, 2019; requiring 45% of the new revenue to fund state transportation safety, maintenance, and congestion related projects, 40% to fund municipal and county transportation projects, and 15% to fund multimodal transportation projects, including bike, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure; 2) authorize the issuance of additional transportation revenue anticipation notes to fund priority state transportation maintenance and construction projects, including multimodal capital projects; and 3) provide that all revenue resulting from the tax rate increase and proceeds from issuance of revenue anticipation notes are voter-approved revenue changes exempt from any state or local revenue, spending, or other limitations in law?
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning limitations on payday lenders, and, in connection therewith, reducing allowable charges on payday loans to an annual percentage rate of no more than thirty-six percent?
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a statewide minimum distance requirement for new oil and gas development, and, in connection therewith, changing existing distance requirements to require that any new oil and gas development be located at least 2,500 feet from any occupied structure and any area designated for additional protection and authorizing the state or a local government to increase the minimum distance requirement?