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Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #261
Legislative staff put proposed Initiative #261 — a bid to write a new fundamental constitutional right "to know the affairs of all levels of state and local government" — through a review-and-comment hearing, pressing the proponents on subjective standards, undefined terms and the risk that frontline records custodians could face personal liability.
Key Actions
·Initiative #261 — constitutional 'right to know' government affairsAction
Notable Quotes
“Single subject is to create a fundamental right for all persons to know the affairs of all levels of state and local government.”
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It's. All right. Let's call to order the review and comment hearing for proposed initiative 2526, number 261. Sorry for the delay. Anyone who's listening, we'll go around the room and introduce ourselves. For the record, my name is Julia Jackson with Legislative Council staff, Rebecca Baetti with the Office of Legislative Legal Services. I'm John Caldera, proponent Beth Hendricks, proponent and Shane Madsen, Council for Proponents. And I'm just saying for the record, although they are not presently here, our co counsel are Chris Beale, Brett Lilly and John Zakam. All right, we are. You may have noticed our limited in how many council we can list on our email addresses. Doesn't prevent them from billing however. Perfect. All right. Section 140.1051 Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Legislative Council staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to quote, review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We have submitted our comments and questions to you in a memorandum that you received on initiative number 261 and we'll go over that here today. The purpose of the statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Council Staff and the Office…
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