Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #308, 309
In a 10-minute review-and-comment session, Legislative Council and Legal Services staff vetted twin ballot measures, Initiatives 308 and 309, that would steer sporting goods sales tax revenue into conservation funding for wildfire prevention, water, land, parks and wildlife.
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“So the proponents included this language to make clear to the legislature that the voters intent is for the money from the Conserve and Protect Colorado's Water, Land and Forest Fund to be additional dollars for the receiving funds and that it should not take the place of current funding streams as a statutory measure.”
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Sign in to subscribeAll right. Good morning. It is 9am on April 2, 2026. We are going to begin the review and comment hearing for proposed initiatives 2025, 2026, number 308 and number 309, which we have captioned concerning designating sporting goods sales tax revenue for conservation. My name is Greg Sovetsky. I am here representing the Office of Legislative Council staff and I'm joined by a representative of the Office of Legislative Legal Services. My name is Pierce Lively on behalf of the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Brendan Witt. I'm a proponent. Martha Tierney, Council for the Proponents. Aaron Citroen, opponent. Excellent. Gentlemen. Ms. Tierney, thank you so much for being here with us this morning. We appreciate it. Section 140, 105, sub 1, Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of LCS and OLS to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We hereby submit our comments and questions to you. Proposed initiatives 308 and 309 were submitted by the same designated representatives as a series of proposed initiatives. An earlier version of these proposed initiatives, number 228, was submitted by the same designated representatives, was the subject of a memorandum dated February…
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