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Colorado's Constitutional Spending Limit (2015)

Subjects
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
State Revenue & Budget
Published
04/08/2015

In 1992, voters approved an amendment to the Colorado Constitution — Article X, Section 20 — known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR limits annual growth in state spending.

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