 During his term Polis served as both chairman and vice chairman of the board.In 2006 Polis served as co-chair of Coloradans for Clean Government, a committee that supported Amendment 41, a citizen-initiated ballot measure to ban gifts by registered lobbyists to government officials, establish a $50 annual restriction on gift-giving from non-lobbyists, establish a two-year cooling-off period before former state legislators and statewide elected officials can begin lobbying, and create an independent ethics commission.In November 2006, 62.3% of Colorado voters approved the "Ethics in Government" constitutional amendment.