Ballot Title Setting Board
2017-2018

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

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes mandating the disclosure of federal income tax returns for candidates for certain elected offices, and, in connection therewith, requiring that candidates for federal or statewide office file with the secretary of state copies of their income tax returns for at least the five most recent taxable years the returns were filed; requiring candidates to consent to public disclosure of the returns; directing the secretary of state to redact certain personally identifiable information on the returns and then post the returns on the secretary's website; and disqualifying any candidate who fails to timely comply with the disclosure and consent requirements.

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 mandating the disclosure of federal income tax returns for candidates for certain elected offices, and, in connection therewith, requiring that candidates for federal or statewide office file with the secretary of state copies of their income tax returns for at least the five most recent taxable years the returns were filed; requiring candidates to consent to public disclosure of the returns; directing the secretary of state to redact certain personally identifiable information on the returns and then post the returns on the secretary's website; and disqualifying any candidate who fails to timely comply with the disclosure and consent requirements?

Hearing April 5, 2017

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 2:32 PM.

* Unofficially captioned “Candidate Disclosure of Income Tax Returns” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.