Ballot Title Setting Board
2019-2020

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

An amendment to the Colorado constitution prohibiting the oil and gas conservation commission from repealing or amending to make less stringent: 1) specified oil and gas conservation commission rules related to oil and gas safety, aesthetic and noise control, spills, reclamation, and flowlines, and, 2) if otherwise given such authority, specified air quality control commission rules related to air emission reductions and inventory.

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 prohibiting the oil and gas conservation commission from repealing or amending to make less stringent: 1) specified oil and gas conservation commission rules related to oil and gas safety, aesthetic and noise control, spills, reclamation, and flowlines, and, 2) if otherwise given such authority, specified air quality control commission rules related to air emission reductions and inventory?

Hearing April 15, 2020

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set. The Board determined that the proposed initiative adds language to the state constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative. Hearing adjourned 6:55 PM.

Rehearing April 23, 2020

Motion for Rehearing denied in its entirety. Hearing adjourned 7:28 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Oil and Gas Development Rules" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.