[BoulderCouncilHotline] Re: Ballot Language for 40% Tobacco Tax

[Ward, Rewa]

Mary,

Per your request, below is the ballot language regarding the 40 percent tobacco tax:

BALLOT ISSUE _____

TAX ON TOBACCO VAPING PRODUCTS

SHALL CITY OF BOULDER TAXES BE INCREASED TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDERD THOUSAND DOLLARS (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY BY IMPOSING A SALES AND USE TAX OF UP TO 40 PERCENT OF THE RETAIL SALES PRICE OF ALL ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES, INCLUDING ANY REFILL, CARTRIDGE OR COMPONENT OF SUCH A PRODUCT; THE TERM "ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING AS IN SECTION 6-4.5-1 OF THE BOULDER REVISED CODE;

AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,

SHALL ALL OF THE REVENUES COLLECTED BE USED TO
FUND:


  *   THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF THE TAX, AND THEREAFTER FOR:



  *   IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF A LICENSING PROGRAM FOR ALL NICOTINE PRODUCT RETAILERS;



  *   HEALTH PROMOTION;



  *   EDUCATION PROGRAMS REGARDING NICOTINE PRODUCT USE INCLUDING ENFORCEMENT;

WITH ANY REMAINING FUNDS BEING AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING LIBRARY, POLICE, FIRE, PARKS, TRANSPORTATION AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION?

ALL EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020, AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,

SHALL THE FULL PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAXES AT SUCH RATES AND ANY EARNINGS THEREON BE COLLECTED, RETAINED, AND SPENT, AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE COLLECTION, RETENTION, OR SPENDING OF ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS BY THE CITY OF BOULDER UNDER ARTICLE X SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?


Sincerely,

Rewa

Rewa Ward
Paralegal II
[City%20Attorney]
O: (303) 441-3020
D: (303) 441-1831
WardR at bouldercolorado.gov<mailto:WardR at bouldercolorado.gov>

Boulder City Attorney's Office
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From: Young, Mary <YoungM at bouldercolorado.gov>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 4:08 PM
To: HOTLINE <HOTLINE at bouldercolorado.gov>
Subject: [Bouldercouncilhotline] Ballot Language for 40% Tobacco Tax

Dear Staff,

I would like to request the ballot language that was used for the passage of the 40% tobacco tax.

Thank you.

We're all in this together.


In solidarity,

Mary Dolores Young
Boulder City Council
303-501-2439

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"All ethics ... rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts..." - Aldo Leopold

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