Colorado HB1084 mandates transparency in ballot measures by requiring fiscal impact statements to detail the effects on state expenditures.

Colorado HB1084 enhances voter transparency by requiring fiscal impact statements for initiated statewide ballot measures. These statements must identify the three largest areas of state expenditure affected by the measure. For measures that increase state expenditures, the fiscal impact statement must specify the three largest areas of program expenditure. The bill also mandates that the ballot title for measures increasing state expenditures include language identifying the three largest areas of program expenditure for which state expenditures will be reduced if the measure passes.

Colorado HB1084 mandates transparency in ballot measures by requiring fiscal impact statements to detail the effects on state expenditures.

Colorado HB1084 enhances voter transparency by requiring fiscal impact statements for initiated statewide ballot measures. These statements must identify the three largest areas of state expenditure affected by the measure. For measures that increase state expenditures, the fiscal impact statement must specify the three largest areas of program expenditure. The bill also mandates that the ballot title for measures increasing state expenditures include language identifying the three largest areas of program expenditure for which state expenditures will be reduced if the measure passes.