Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301
A single proponent, Emerson Sturges, brought 15 linked ballot measures (#287–301) whose stated goal is to declare Colorado an independent nation with its own constitution as the supreme law of the land. Legislative Council and Office of Legislative Legal Services staff — who by rule take no position on the merits — ran a technical review-and-comment hearing that repeatedly ran into the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause, a Title Board that had already refused to set a single title, and several drafts that made no changes at all because the intended edits never transferred out of Google Docs.
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“Unfortunately, no. So the, the purpose of this is just for the title board on questions that could happen, but we don't offer, we don't opine on a merit of the measure.”
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Sign in to subscribeOkay. It is Thursday, April 2nd at 1:01pm and we are here for to do the review and comment hearing for proposed initiatives, numbers 287 to 301. If we could just go around introduce ourselves. For the record, I'm Hamza Saeb, Legislative Council staff. Stephanie Schrab from Office of Legislative Legal Services. Sam Anderson, Office of Legislative Legal Services. Emerson Sturges, a proponent and designated representative. Mary Lee Sturgis, a Designated representative. Perfect. Section 1 41051of the Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of Legislative Council staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions, proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We hereby submit our comments and questions to you regarding the appended proposed initiative. Apologies. We're starting with measure 287 for the record. 2287 concerning Colorado independence, the proposed the proposal the purpose, excuse me, of the statutory requirement of the directors of Legislative Council staff, the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments and questions intended to aid designated representatives and the proponents they represent and and determining the language of the proposal and to avail the public of the contents of the proposal. Our first objective is…
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