Ballot Title Setting Board
2013-2014

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution defining a "fee" as a voluntarily incurred governmental charge in exchange for a specific benefit conferred on the payer, which fee should reasonably approximate the payer's fair share of the costs incurred by the government in providing the benefit.

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 defining a "fee" as a voluntarily incurred governmental charge in exchange for a specific benefit conferred on the payer, which fee should reasonably approximate the payer's fair share of the costs incurred by the government in providing the benefit?

Hearing April 17, 2014

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set. The Board made one technical correction to the final text of the measure.
Hearing adjourned 10:07 AM.

Hearing April 25, 2014

Motion for Rehearing denied except to the extent that the Board made changes to the titles.
Hearing adjourned 11:26 AM.

* Unofficially captioned “Definition of Fee" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.