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City of Manitou Springs Marijuana Sales Tax Revenue Retention TABOR Override Question (November 2015)
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A measure to retain 2014 sales tax revenue was on the ballot for Manitou Springs voters in El Paso County, Colorado, on November 3, 2015. It was approved.
This measure authorized the city of Manitou Springs to keep 2014 revenue from its local marijuana sales tax that was approved by voters in 2013. This measure was required by the state's TABOR laws. To read more about TABOR laws in Colorado and in general, read this page.[1]
Due to the city's taxpayer privacy laws, the tax question did not reveal exactly how much revenue was received and how much would have been returned if this question was defeated. Thus, voters were asked if the city can keep the revenue without knowing how much money was at stake. Douglas Bruce, who played a large role in authoring the state's TABOR laws, said that the city's law requiring the amount of excess tax revenue to be kept a secret contradicted state law and that the city must disclose to the voters how much revenue was in question.[1][2]
Proposition AA, which was approved on the statewide level in November 2013, established an additional 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent sales tax on all recreational marijuana sales in the state. The local sales tax in Manitou Springs was levied at a rate of 5 percent.[1]
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,656 | 84.23% | ||
| No | 310 | 15.77% | ||
- Election results from Colorado Springs Gazette
Background
In November 2014, Manitou Springs voters defeated a proposed ban on retail marijuana under the name Measure 2G. A year earlier, city voters approved Question 2A, authorizing a 5 percent local sales tax on marijuana. Question 2A authorized the tax that provided the extra revenue that caused this 2015 measure.
Related measures
Statewide
- Colorado Marijuana TABOR Refund Measure, Proposition BB (2015)
- Colorado Proposition AA, Taxes on the Sale of Marijuana (2013)
Local
- City of Manitou Springs Retail Marijuana Ban, Measure 2G (November 2014)
- City of Manitou Springs Marijuana Sales Tax, Question 2A (November 2013)
Recent news
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See also
- Local marijuana tax on the ballot
- Local marijuana on the ballot
- El Paso County, Colorado ballot measures
- November 3, 2015 ballot measures in Colorado
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)
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