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  • Colorado lawmakers start work on marijuana refund proposal

    04/22/2015 10:52:54 AM PDT · by Citizen Zed · 5 replies
    Albuquerque Journal News ^ | 4-22-2015 | Kristen Wyatt, AP
    Colorado lawmakers started work Wednesday on a proposal to ask voters to keep some $58 million in marijuana tax collections. Colorado voters already approved the taxes on recreational pot sales in 2013. But because that ballot measure didn’t account for a quirk in state law related to new taxes, the money will have to be refunded unless voters again approve the 10 percent sales and 15 percent excise taxes. Colorado voters approved the taxes the first time by a 2-to-1 margin. The new ballot measure has broad bipartisan support, with lawmakers calling the measure a do-over of what voters already...