Ba
llot History
Year:
1998
Ballot Number:
13
Short Title:
Uniform Regulation of Livestock Regulations
Ballot Title:
An amendment to the Colorado Constitution requiring the uniform application of laws to livestock operations, and, in connection therewith, mandating that laws and regulations concerning livestock operations be uniform and based upon the similarity in the potential impact on the environment of the livestock operation; making unconstitutional any state law or regulation that does not treat livestock operations uniformly based upon the similarity in the potential impact on the environment of the livestock operation; allowing the general assembly to make a distinction between livestock feeding on the range and livestock feeding in a concentrated animal feeding operation; permitting the general assembly to make a distinction between concentrated animal feeding operations that are smaller than one thousand animal units and those that are larger than one thousand animal units; specifying that one animal unit be considered to be a cow and all other livestock to be fractions of a cow as determined by the general assembly; and defining livestock as cattle, sheep, goats, swine, mules, poultry, horses, and all other animals raised or kept for profit.
Election Results:
Rejected
Votes For
:
475,664
(
38.7%
)
Votes Against:
753,509
(
61.3%
)
Type of Change:
Constitutional
Initiative/Referendum:
Initiative
Bill/Resolution #:
Election Results - SOS:
Categories:
Agriculture/Livestock