Colorado Amendment 41, Regulations for Public Official Gifts Initiative (2006)

Colorado Amendment 41
Election date November 7, 2006
Topic Ethics rules and commissions
Status Approved
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

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

Colorado Amendment 41
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		938,888	62.57%
No		561,646	37.43%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 41 was as follows:

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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.

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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

2006 Measures

• 2006 Measures
• Ethics rules and commissions on the ballot
• 2006 legislative sessions

Colorado

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• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Colorado Blue Book (2006)