Designate Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation
Proposition 137 would add new law to the Colorado Revised Statutes allowing the state, through a voter-approved revenue change, to keep and spend a portion of the revenue it already collects from the state sales tax on sporting goods and equipment. That money would go toward conserving and protecting Colorado's water, land, and forests, preventing wildfires, and supporting outdoor recreation training and activities. The measure also allows the amount spent on these conservation purposes to be reduced if needed to preserve funding for certain tax credits.
A yes vote means
A yes vote allows the state to keep and spend a portion of existing state sales tax revenue from sporting goods and equipment on water, land, and forest conservation, wildfire prevention, and outdoor recreation training and activities, without raising taxes.
A no vote means
A no vote makes no change to current law; the state would not be authorized to retain and spend this portion of sporting goods sales tax revenue for those purposes.
Key points
- 1Amends the Colorado Revised Statutes (statutory change, not constitutional).
- 2Authorizes the state to retain and spend a portion of revenue from the existing state sales tax on sporting goods and equipment; the ballot title states this occurs without raising taxes.
- 3Funds are designated for conserving and protecting water, land, and forests, preventing wildfires, and supporting outdoor recreation training and activities.
- 4Includes a provision to reduce spending on these conservation purposes if necessary to preserve funding for certain tax credits.
- 5Characterized in the ballot title as a voter-approved revenue change.
Official Colorado Secretary of State / voter-guide content.