DRAFT State Ballot Initiative Language - Who wants to talk about bringing Community Control over all corporate projects to the entire Mountain State? Please contact the Colorado Community Rights Network at: CoCRN86@gmail DRAFT PROPOSED COLORADO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Right to Local Self-Government Article II, Bill of Rights Section 32. Right of the People to Local Self-Government As all political power is vested in and derived from the people, and as all government of right originates from the people, the people have an inherent and inalienable right to local self-government, including in each county, city, town, and any other municipal subdivision or other local community within the State. That right shall include, without limitation: (a) the power to enact local laws recognizing the fundamental rights of people, communities, and the natural environment, and securing those rights using prohibitions and other means; (b) the power to enact local laws for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of people, their communities, and the natural environment; and (c) the power to enact local laws establishing, defining, altering, or eliminating the rights, powers, and duties of for-profit business entities, operating or seeking to operate in the community, to prevent such rights and powers from usurping or otherwise conflicting with the fundamental rights of people, their communities, and the natural environment. Local laws adopted pursuant to this right shall not be subject to preemption by international, federal, or state law; provided, however, that local laws shall not restrict fundamental rights of individuals, their communities, or the natural environment secured by the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the U.S. Constitution, or international law, nor shall local laws weaken protections for people, their communities, or the natural environment provided by state, federal, or international law.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:06:35 +0000
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