Colorado Annual Property Tax Revenue Limit Initiative (2022)
| Colorado Annual Property Tax Revenue Limit Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Taxes and Property | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type | Origin |
The Colorado Annual Property Tax Revenue Limit Initiative was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have limited the annual increase in property tax revenue on a property to 2% unless the property is "substantially improved by adding more than 10% square footage" or the property's use changes.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall funding available for counties, school districts, water districts, fire districts, and other districts funded, at least in part, by property taxes be impacted by a reduction of $1.5 billion in property tax revenue by an amendment to the Colorado constitution limiting the annual increase in tax revenue on a property to no more than 2% unless the property is substantially improved by adding more than 10% square footage or its use changes?[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Colorado, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of Colorado secretary of state in the preceding general election. For initiated constitutional amendments, signature gathering must be distributed to include signatures equal to 2 percent of the registered voters who live in each of the state's 35 senate districts.
State law provides that petitioners have six months to collect signatures after the ballot language and title are finalized. State statutes require a completed signature petition to be filed three months and three weeks before the election at which the measure would appear on the ballot. The Constitution, however, states that the petition must be filed three months before the election at which the measure would appear. The secretary of state generally lists a date that is three months before the election as the filing deadline.
Constitutional amendments in Colorado require a 55% supermajority vote to be ratified and added to the state constitution. This requirement was added by Amendment 71 of 2016.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 124,632 valid signatures
- Deadline: August 8, 2022
The secretary of state is responsible for signature verification. Verification is conducted through a review of petitions regarding correct form and then a 5 percent random sampling verification. If the sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required valid signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If the sampling projects more than 110 percent of the required signatures, the initiative is certified. If less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
- Steven Ward and Suzanne Taheri filed the initiative on April 8, 2022. Ballot language was issued for the measure on April 21, 2022.[1]
- The initiative was withdrawn or denied title setting prior to circulation approval.[1]
See also
External links
- Colorado Secretary of State: Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results
- Initiatives filed with the Legislative Council Staff
- Initiative 110 full text
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