Colorado Regulation of Commercial Hog Facilities Act (1998)

Colorado Amendment 14, also known as the Regulation of Commercial Hog Facilities, was on the November 3, 1998 election ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute, where it was approved.

Election results

Amendment 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		790,825	64.2%
No		440,766	35.8%

Text of measure

Figure 1: Pigs move toward feeding troughs at a commercial hog farm.

The language that appeared on the ballot:

A proposed amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes to further regulate the construction and operation of large, commercial hog facilities and the disposal of manure and wastewater from these facilities to minimize odor and water pollution; further restrict how manure and wastewater are applied to crops or land; require commercial hog facilities to obtain state permits for discharge of wastewater and provide funding for enforcement of permit conditions; require the state to regulate odor from hog facilities; prevent new waste application sites and waste storage tanks from being less than one mile from neighboring towns, homes, and schools, unless consent is given by nearby property owners and local governments; and allow local governments to impose regulations for hog facilities that are tougher than those contained in this proposal.

See also

• 1998 ballot measures
• Colorado 1998 ballot measures

External links

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• I&R Institute ballot measure database for Colorado