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Minimum Wage, Lobbyist Gift Limit Passes
POSTED: 4:53 am MST November 8,
2006
DENVER -- Facing the second-longest ballot in Colorado history, voters had to decide a number of other issues in addition to selecting politicians:They voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85 per hour, adjusted annually for inflation.They approved a ban on all gifts over $50 to any lawmaker or government employee. Experts at the National Conference of State Legislatures said Amendment 41 gives Colorado one of the toughest government ethics laws in the nation.
They rejected Amendment 40, which would have limited judges on the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado Supreme Court to three, four-year terms, and two plans to limit school district spending, Amendment 39 and Referendum J.
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