New ballot proposals seek to protect owners of Colorado oil and gas rights

Colorado’s history of ballot fights over the future of the oil and gas industry is heating up again, with the Colorado Farm Bureau filing a set of ballot proposals aiming to protect private property owners from lost income if drilling is banned.  The six proposals, filed last week and numbered 108 through 113, seek to change the Colorado Constitution. In various formats, the proposals call for the property owner to be compensated if rules or regulations reduce the value of mineral rights.  They’re…