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                       May 14, 2012First Extraordinary Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
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               SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 12S-001 
       Submitting to the registered electors of the state of
            Colorado an amendment to the Colorado constitution
            repealing provisions deemed obsolete on account of a
            determination of the unconstitutionality of said
            provisions by a court of competent jurisdiction after
            the exhaustion of appellate remedies.
       
       
                        Resolution Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this resolution as introduced and
       does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this
       resolution passes third reading in the house of introduction, a resolution
       summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this resolution will be
       available at http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The concurrent resolution repeals the following constitutional
       provisions deemed obsolete on account of the determination of the
       unconstitutionality of those provisions by a court of competent
       jurisdiction after the exhaustion of appellate remedies:
                 Certain campaign finance provisions of the state
                 constitution resulting from the cases of In re
                 Interrogatories by Ritter, 227 P.3d 892 (Colo. 2010) and
                 Dallman v. Ritter, 225 P.3d 610 (2010).
                 Certain bill of rights provisions of the state constitution
                 resulting from the case of Evans v. Romer, 882 P.2d 1335
                 (Colo. 1994), aff'd, 517 U.S. 620 (1996).
       
       
       
            Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly
       of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
            SECTION 1.  At the next election at which such question may be
       submitted, there shall be submitted to the registered electors of the state
       of Colorado, for their approval or rejection, the following amendment to
       the constitution of the state of Colorado, to wit:
            In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 3 of article
       XXVIII, amend (4) (a) as follows:
            Section 3.  Contribution limits. (4) (a)  It shall be unlawful for a
       corporation or labor organization to make contributions to a candidate
       committee or a political party; and to make expenditures expressly
       advocating the election or defeat of a candidate; except that a corporation
       or labor organization may establish a political committee or small donor
       committee which may accept contributions or dues from employees,
       officeholders, shareholders, or members.
            In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 6 of article
       XXVIII, repeal (2) as follows:
            Section 6.  Electioneering communications. (2)  Notwithstanding
       any section to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for a corporation or labor
       organization to provide funding for an electioneering communication;
       except that any political committee or small donor committee established
       by such corporation or labor organization may provide funding for an
       electioneering communication.
            In the constitution of the state of Colorado, repeal section 30b of
       article II.
            In the constitution of the state of Colorado, repeal section 2 (4.5),
       (8.5), (14.4), and (14.6) and sections 15, 16, and 17 of article XXVIII.
            SECTION 2.  Each elector voting at said election and desirous of
       voting for or against said amendment shall cast a vote as provided by law
       either "Yes" or "No" on the proposition: "Shall there be an amendment to
       the Colorado constitution repealing provisions deemed obsolete on
       account of a determination of the unconstitutionality of said provisions by
       a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of appellate
       remedies?"
            SECTION 3.  The votes cast for the adoption or rejection of said
       amendment shall be canvassed and the result determined in the manner
       provided by law for the canvassing of votes for representatives in
       Congress, and if a majority of the electors voting on the question shall
       have voted "Yes", the said amendment shall become a part of the state
       constitution.