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Colorado lawmakers proposing to restrict citizen rights to amend constitution.
From Ballotpedia
April 30, 2010
By Kyle Maichle
DENVER, Colorado: Colorado lawmakers advanced a new constitutional amendment that would further restrict the rights of Coloradans to amend the state constitution[1]. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 was approved on a 3-2 vote by the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee on April 28, 2010[2].
Under the proposed resolution, a temporary fiscal policy constitutional commission would be created to review fiscal policy that is currently in the constitution along with reviewing all constitutional amendments placed for the 2012 elections[3]. 19 members would be appointed to the Commission with the appointment power split between the judicial, legislative, and and executive branches of Colorado government[3]. Under the proposed resolution, any potential legislatively-referred constitutional amendments must have the approval of 14 out of 19 members before any up-or-down vote could occur in the General Assembly.[1]. The proposed Commission could also place amendments of their own relating to fiscal policy with the approval of 10 out of 19 members along with required public hearings in each of the state's congressional districts[3].
The resolution has gone to the Committee of the Whole, where it will be scheduled for a floor vote in the Colorado State Senate[2]
The commission, if created, would bear some similarities to the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission.
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