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Colorado Amendment 41, Regulations for Public Official Gifts Initiative (2006)
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| Topic Ethics rules and commissions |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 41 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 7, 2006. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported establishing regulations relating to public officials accepting gifts. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing regulations relating to public officials accepting gifts. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 41 |
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938,888 | 62.57% | ||
| No | 561,646 | 37.43% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 41 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning standards of conduct by persons who are professionally involved with governmental activities, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a public officer, member of the general assembly, local government official, or government employee from soliciting or accepting certain monetary or in-kind gifts; prohibiting a professional lobbyist from giving anything of value to a public officer, member of the general assembly, local government official, government employee, or such person's immediate family member; prohibiting a statewide elected officeholder or member of the general assembly from personally representing another person or entity for compensation before any other such officeholder or member for a period of two years following departure from office; establishing penalties for a breach of public trust or inducement of such a breach; creating a five-member independent ethics commission to hear ethics complaints, to assess penalties, and to issue advisory opinions on ethics issues; and specifying that the measure shall not apply to home rule jurisdictions that have adopted laws concerning matters covered by the measure. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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Footnotes
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