Legislative Council staff and proponents of Proposed Initiative Measure 2526, Number 228 — which would designate state sales tax revenue approximating the amount collected from sporting goods sales for conservation funding — met for a review and comment proceeding in which staff identified seven drafting ambiguities, all of which proponents agreed to address. No vote was taken.
Staff (Amanda Little or Pierce Lively) argued that the phrase 'by July 1' could allow the state treasurer to make a transfer on, e.g., June 29, which would place the transfer in a prior fiscal year and create a budgeting problem. Proponents (Martha Tierney or Brendan Witt) initially explained they wanted 'not later than July 1st' to give the treasurer operational flexibility, but acknowledged 'on July 1' would be unambiguous and agreed to make the change.
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“We wanted it to be not later than July 1st, but maybe it's clearer to just say on July 1st. There was some concern that there were steps that needed to be taken by the state treasurer, that if we limited it to that one day it would be. It might make it difficult.”
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Sign in to subscribeIt. Okay, I'm calling this meeting to order. This is a hearing for proposed initiative measure 2526, number 228 concerning designate sporting goods sales tax revenue for conservation. It is 1:00pm on February 19, 2026 in HCR 0109. For the record, we will go around and introduce ourselves. I'm Amanda Little and I'm with Legislative Council staff. Pierce Lively, Office of Legislative Legal Services. Brendan Witt, I'm a proponent of the initiative. Martha Tierney, Council for the Proponents. Aaron Citron, Proponent all right. Section 140151 Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Colorado Legislative Council that I'm calling this meeting to order. I guess it's working. Okay, so section 141. 051 Colorado Revised Statutes requires the directors of the Colorado Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services to review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. The purpose of the statutory requirement of the Directors of Legislative Council and the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments intended to aid proponents in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of knowledge of the contents of the proposal. While this is a public meeting and…
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