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One of the nation’s most coveted prizes could become obsolete to public employees under a newly passed Colorado law.
Amendment 41, which was approved by voters last November, restricts gifts government workers can accept.
Now Attorney General John Suthers is saying that it would be illegal for university professors to accept money portions from awards like the Nobel Prize.The Denver Business Journalreports:
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Thursday issued his analysis of Amendment 41– which limits the value of gifts to public officials — and concluded that university professors can’t accept monetary portions of Nobel Prizes or other similar awards.
Suthers also said that only under certain strict circumstances can a university employee or their dependents accept college scholarships.
The Attorney General has also released a press release regarding the matter after University of Colorado President Hank Brown requested an analysis:
“Our analysis of Amendment 41 has led to some extremely unfortunate, yet unavoidable, conclusions,” said Suthers. “Under the measure, college professors can no longer accept professional awards if the award is monetary, and children of public employees can no longer accept many college scholarships. This is an absurd result.”
Such problems could lead to the general assembly clarifying the law when it conveys in January, according to the Journal.
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