Regulatory Guidance
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, a Republican, has stated that Amendment 41 prevents university professors and their dependents from receiving the monetary portion of many awards and scholarships, including the Nobel Prize . The Colorado Attorney General's office also expressed a more moderate interpretation of Amendment 41 in subsequent litigation, but this litigation stance is not binding because the Colorado Supreme Court subsequently held that a decision on the merits was not yet timely.
Other elected officials in Colorado, including Governor Bill Ritter and members of the Colorado General Assembly's legislative leadership have expressed disagreement with the Colorado Attorney General's interpretation of Amendment 41.
The independent ethics board has been established under Amendment 41 and has issued advisory opinions setting up a more moderate interpretation. The moderate opinions appear to narrow the scope of the amendment to merely cover those behaviors that were prohibited by law before the amendment was enacted.
Read more about this topic: Colorado Amendment 41 (2006)
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