Bill Summary for Bill Number Ballot Analysis: Referendum D

Final
Ballot Analysis: Referendum D

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Votes:

Action Taken:

moved to adopt the final draft as amended. The mo
moved to change the word "referendum" to "referend
moved to strike the last sentence of argument #3 a
moved to strike the last three sentences of argume

PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS

04:20 PM -- Referendum D - State Borrowing

Harry Zeid, Legislative Council Staff and lead staff on the Referendum D ballot analysis, acknowledged the team that worked on this analysis, and provided an overview of the final staff document of the ballot analysis and the arguments for and against the measure. He discussed the estimate of fiscal impact and walked through the appendix to the measure. Mr. Zeid responded to questions from the committee.

04:30 PM

Douglas Bruce, author of the TABOR amendment, stated that the constitution requires the publication of the ballot title and the text of the measure. He expressed concern that only the ballot question for Referendum D was being included in the Blue Book rather than including the text of HJR05-1057 and HB 05-1333. He walked through all of his proposed changes.


BILL:	Ballot Analysis: Referendum D
TIME:	04:38:32 PM
MOVED:	Anderson
MOTION:	moved to change the word "referendum" to "referenda" when used in the plural on page 2, line 11 of the "final staff document." The motion passed 12-1-5.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Anderson	Yes
	Butcher	No
	Cadman	Absent
	Garcia	Yes
	Gordon	Yes
	Groff	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Yes
	May M.	Yes
	McElhany	Excused
	Paccione	Absent
	Stengel	Yes
	Teck	Excused
	Tupa	Yes
	Windels	Yes
	Romanoff	Yes
	Fitz-Gerald	Yes
Not Final YES: 12 NO: 1 EXC: 3 ABS: 2 FINAL ACTION: PASS

04:40 PM

Representative Stengel asked that the committee vote to include the language of HB 05-1333 and HJR 05-1057 in the Blue Book under Referendum D. Senator Anderson requested that this decision be made later after Mr. Bruce finished with his comments. Mr. Bruce continued walking through his comments.

04:50 PM

Bill Schroer, representing himself, commented on the issues in Referendum D. He stated that generally he is concerned with the way that the road programs are presented in the measure.

04:56 PM

Representative Stengel commented on the two suggestions he had offered to the final draft of the analysis (included in the notebook).

04:58 PM

Senator Fitz-Gerald moved to adopt the "final staff document" as a starting point for discussion. The motion was adopted without objection.

04:59 PM

Mr. Zeid returned to the table to walk through the comments that staff had accepted from the public comments received.

05:02 PM

Kirk Mlinek, Director, Legislative Council Staff, commented on the issue of why the text of House Bill 05-1333 and House Joint Resolution 05-1057 are not included in the Blue Book, and instead just the question from HJR 05-1057 is being included in the booklet. Senator Anderson and Representative Hoppe concurred in the decision to not include the full text of the bill and resolution.

05:05 PM

Representative Madden suggested an amendment to argument #3 against by striking the last sentence of the argument. Representative May suggested striking the sentence beginning on line 11 of argument #3 against through the remainder of the argument. Natalie Mullis, Legislative Council Staff, came to the table to clarify the point that Representative Madden had made about the accuracy of the last sentence related to the amount of money spent on public transportation projects.


BILL:	Ballot Analysis: Referendum D
TIME:	05:12:14 PM
MOVED:	May M.
MOTION:	moved to strike the last three sentences of argument #3 against. The chair stated that this motion would not be a settled question. The motion failed to receive the required 2/3 vote (10-3-5), thus the motion failed.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Anderson	No
	Butcher	No
	Cadman	Absent
	Garcia	No
	Gordon	Yes
	Groff	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Yes
	May M.	Yes
	McElhany	Excused
	Paccione	Absent
	Stengel	Yes
	Teck	Excused
	Tupa	Yes
	Windels	Yes
	Romanoff	Yes
	Fitz-Gerald	Yes
Not Final YES: 10 NO: 3 EXC: 3 ABS: 2 FINAL ACTION: FAIL - did not receive a 2/3 vote


BILL:	Ballot Analysis: Referendum D
TIME:	05:13:33 PM
MOVED:	Madden
MOTION:	moved to strike the last sentence of argument #3 against. The motion failed to receive the required 2/3 vote (11-2-5), thus the motion failed.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Anderson	Yes
	Butcher	Yes
	Cadman	Absent
	Garcia	Yes
	Gordon	Yes
	Groff	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Yes
	May M.	No
	McElhany	Excused
	Paccione	Absent
	Stengel	No
	Teck	Excused
	Tupa	Yes
	Windels	Yes
	Romanoff	Yes
	Fitz-Gerald	Yes
Not Final YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 3 ABS: 2 FINAL ACTION: FAIL - did not receive a 2/3 vote

05:15 PM

Representative Romanoff moved to amend the last sentence of argument #3 against so that it would read: "Further, Referendum D will likely reduce the amount of money the state spends on public transportation projects, compared with how money ~~is allocated under current law~~ WOULD BE ALLOCATED UNDER REFERENDUM C ALONE. The motion passed without objection (12 or more members were present for the vote).


BILL:	Ballot Analysis: Referendum D
TIME:	05:19:12 PM
MOVED:	Anderson
MOTION:	moved to adopt the final draft as amended. The motion to adopt the draft passed 10-3-5 (the 2/3 vote for adoption was not required - only required on amendments).
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Anderson	Yes
	Butcher	Yes
	Cadman	Absent
	Garcia	Yes
	Gordon	Yes
	Groff	Yes
	Hoppe	No
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Yes
	May M.	No
	McElhany	Excused
	Paccione	Absent
	Stengel	No
	Teck	Excused
	Tupa	Yes
	Windels	Yes
	Romanoff	Yes
	Fitz-Gerald	Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 3 EXC: 3 ABS: 2 FINAL ACTION: PASS

05:21 PM

Senator Anderson moved to allow staff to make any needed technical changes. There was no objection to the motion.

05:22 PM

The committee adjourned.