Ba
llot History
Year:
2006
Ballot Number:
Amendment 41
Short Title:
Standards of Conduct in Government
Ballot Title:
An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning standards of conduct by persons who are professionally involved with governmental activities, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a public officer, member of the general assembly, local government official, or government employee from soliciting or accepting certain monetary or in-kind gifts; prohibiting a professional lobbyist from giving anything of value to a public officer, member of the general assembly, local government official, government employee, or such person's immediate family member; prohibiting a statewide elected officeholder or member of the general assembly from personally representing another person or entity for compensation before any other such officeholder or member for a period of two years following departure from office; establishing penalties for a breach of public trust or inducement of such a breach; creating a five-member independent ethics commission to hear ethics complaints, to assess penalties, and to issue advisory opinions on ethics issues; and specifying that the measure shall not apply to home rule jurisdictions that have adopted laws concerning matters covered by the measure.
Election Results:
Adopted
Votes For
:
938,888
(
62.6%
)
Votes Against:
561,646
(
37.4%
)
Type of Change:
Constitutional
Initiative/Referendum:
Initiative
Bill/Resolution #:
Election Results - SOS:
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