Colorado Amendment P, Licensing of Gambling Amendment (2010)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment P was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 2, 2010. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported transferring the licensing of gambling to the Department of Revenue. |
A “no” vote opposed transferring the licensing of gambling to the Department of Revenue. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment P |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 611,664 | 37.67% | ||
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1,012,193 | 62.33% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment P was as follows:
| “ | Shall there be an amendment to section 2 of article XVIII of the constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning the regulation of games of chance by an authority specified by the general assembly? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 2. Lotteries prohibited - exceptions.
(2) No game of chance pursuant to this subsection (2) and subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall be conducted by any person, firm, or organization, unless a license as provided for in this subsection (2) has been issued to the firm or organization conducting such games of chance. The secretary of state LICENSING AUTHORITY DESIGNATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (6) OF THIS SECTION shall, upon application therefore on such forms as shall be prescribed by the secretary of state LICENSING AUTHORITY and upon the payment of an annual fee as determined by the general assembly, issue a license for the conducting of such games of chance to any bona fide chartered branch or lodge or chapter of a national or state organization or to any bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational, voluntary firemen's or veterans' organization which THAT operates without profit to its members. and which has THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY PROVIDE BY LAW A MINIMUM PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH A CORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE EXISTED CONTINUOUSLY AND HAD A DUES-PAYING MEMBERSHIP IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY ALSO PROVIDE BY LAW FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A LICENSE SHALL BE IN EFFECT. UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVIDES SUCH MINIMUM PERIODS OF TIME, IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSURE, A CORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION SHALL HAVE been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately prior to the making of said application for such license and has SHALL HAVE had during the entire five-year period a dues-paying membership engaged in carrying out the objects of said corporation or organization, such license to expire at the end of each calendar year in which it was issued.
(3) The license issued by the secretary of state LICENSING AUTHORITY shall authorize and permit the licensee to conduct games of chance, restricted to the selling of rights to participate and the awarding of prizes in the specific kind of game of chance commonly known as bingo or lotto, in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random and in the specific game of chance commonly known as raffles, conducted by the drawing of prizes or by the allotment of prizes by chance.
(6) The ALL LICENSING UNDER, AND enforcement of, this section shall be under such official or department of government of the state of Colorado as the general assembly shall provide. UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SO PROVIDES, SAID AUTHORITY SHALL BE VESTED IN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Colorado Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Colorado State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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