Colorado Amendment 32, Taxing Residential Property Initiative (2003)

Colorado Amendment 32
Election date November 4, 2003
Topic Property and Taxes
Status Defeated
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Colorado Amendment 32 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 4, 2003. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported increasing the taxable portion of residential property.

A “no” vote opposed increasing the taxable portion of residential property.

Election results

Colorado Amendment 32
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		203,449	22.45%
No		702,829	77.55%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 32 was as follows:

“

An amendment to Section 3 (1) (b) of Article X of the constitution of the state of Colorado, concerning the ratio of valuation for assessment for taxation of residential real property, and in connection therewith, setting the ratio at eight percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2004, and eliminating the annual adjustment of the ratio that insures that the percentage of the total statewide assessed value attributable to residential real property remains the same as it was in the previous year.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado

In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.

See also

2003 Measures

• 2003 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 2003 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Colorado Blue Book (2003)