Amendment 82 - Natural Gas Rights
Adds a constitutional right to buy and sell natural gas for heating and cooking in homes and businesses.
Amendment 85 - Plain Language Ballots
Requires state and local ballot questions to be written at no more than an eighth-grade reading level.
Broomfield Xcel Franchise
Approves a new 20-year agreement allowing Xcel Energy to use Broomfield public rights of way to deliver gas and electricity.
Raises Broomfield’s lodging tax from 1.6% to 6% and directs the additional revenue to housing-related purposes through the Broomfield Housing Authority.
Replaces Colorado’s flat income tax with graduated rates and directs additional revenue to education, health care, and early childhood programs.
Allows the state to retain some revenue otherwise refunded under TABOR and spend it on K–12 education, children’s programs, and other purposes.
Establishes a 0.333% district sales and use tax and authorizes $580 million in debt for passenger rail service planned to include Broomfield.
Front Range Rail Issue 7A - CoCo Train
Directs existing sporting-goods sales tax revenue to specified conservation, wildfire, and outdoor recreation programs; estimated FY 2027–28 TABOR refunds decrease $175 million.
Proposition 137 - Sporting Goods Revenue
Changes future mayoral terms from two years to four years; Broomfield voters voted against it two years ago.
Broomfield Mayoral Term
17th Judicial District - Attorney Term Limit
Sets 4.4% as the maximum statutory state income tax rate for individuals and corporations.
Allows three consecutive terms instead of two if reelected; Broomfield voters voted against this two years ago.
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