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TAX PROPOSITION SUMMARY: AUTHORITY TO LEVY A 13.34 MILLS TAX FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND ACQUIRING IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE WATERWORKS SYSTEMS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS AND RELATED FACILITIES OF THE COMMISSION AND OPERATING AND MAINTAINING SAID SYSTEMS, A WORK OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR THE COMMISSION, SAID TAX TO BE IN LIEU OF AND REPLACE SPECIAL TAXES OF 10 MILLS AND 9.34 MILLS NOW AUTHORIZED TO BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED BY SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 2 AND WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 2, RESPECTIVELY.
Shall the St. Mary Parish Water and Sewer Commission No. 2, State of Louisiana (the "Commission"), be authorized to levy a tax of thirteen and thirty-four hundredths (13.34) mills on all property subject to taxation within the jurisdiction and boundaries of the Commission, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2002 and ending with the year 2011, for the purpose of constructing and acquiring improvements and extensions to the waterworks systems and sewerage systems and related facilities of the Commission and operating and maintaining said systems, a work of public improvement for the Commission, said tax to be in lieu of and replace special taxes of 10 mills and 9.34 mills now authorized to be levied and collected by Sewerage District No. 2 and Waterworks District No. 2, respectively?
YesApproved
73.2%164 votes
No
26.8%60 votes
No precinct map: St. Mary Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
224 votes cast.
BOND PROPOSITION SUMMARY: AUTHORITY TO ISSUE $1,400,000 OF 20 YEAR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND ACQUIRING IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING WATERWORKS FACILITIES OF THE COMMISSION, AND TO BE PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Water & Sewer Comm. No. 2, Prop. #2, Bond, BOC
Passed: 67.4% voted yes and 32.6% voted no.
What the ballot said
Shall St. Mary Parish Water and Sewer Commission No. 2, State of Louisiana (the "Commission"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000) to run twenty (20) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding seven (7%) per annum, for the purpose of constructing and acquiring improvements and extensions to the existing waterworks facilities of the Commission, title to which shall be in the public, which bonds will be general obligations of said Commission and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and statutory authority supplemental thereto?
YesApproved
67.4%151 votes
No
32.6%73 votes
No precinct map: St. Mary Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.