In Re Interrogatories Relating to the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund

This matter comes before us pursuant to Article VI, Section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. Under the authority of that section, the Governor of the State of Colorado has propounded three interrogatories to this court that concern the interpretation of Amendment 8, now Article XXVII of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The interrogatories are:

Interrogatory No. One:

Whether payments made pursuant to Colo.Rev.Stat. § 33-60-103(1)(c) (1993), and to a 1992 refunding of certain obligations of the state enumerated therein, which exceed the payments on obligations described…