Ballot Title Setting Board
2015-2016

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the sale of 3.2% beer, full-strength beer, and wine for off-premises consumption, and, in connection therewith, creating a license allowing food stores to sell malt and vinous liquors, commonly referred to as full-strength beer and wine, for off-premises consumption; defining a food store as an establishment that earns at least 25 percent of its annual gross income from the sale of food; allowing a food store that holds a valid license to sell fermented malt beverages, commonly referred to as 3.2% beer, to apply to become a food store licensee and, if granted, to sell full-strength beer and wine regardless of the food store's proximity to a school; allowing the ownership of multiple food store licenses, including by the owners of certain retail liquor licenses; prohibiting the sale of full-strength beer or wine by a food store employee who is under twenty-one years of age; and as of January 1, 2019, eliminating licenses to sell 3.2% beer for off-premises consumption.

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

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the sale of 3.2% beer, full-strength beer, and wine for off-premises consumption, and, in connection therewith, creating a license allowing food stores to sell malt and vinous liquors, commonly referred to as full-strength beer and wine, for off-premises consumption; defining a food store as an establishment that earns at least 25 percent of its annual gross income from the sale of food; allowing a food store that holds a valid license to sell fermented malt beverages, commonly referred to as 3.2% beer, to apply to become a food store licensee and, if granted, to sell full-strength beer and wine regardless of the food store's proximity to a school; allowing the ownership of multiple food store licenses, including by the owners of certain retail liquor licenses; prohibiting the sale of full-strength beer or wine by a food store employee who is under twenty-one years of age; and as of January 1, 2019, eliminating licenses to sell 3.2% beer for off-premises consumption?

Hearing December 2, 2015

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 11:43 AM.

Rehearing December 16, 2015

Motion for Rehearing granted to the extent that the Board made changes to the title; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 11:10 AM

* Unofficially captioned “Food Store License” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.