Jefferson Parish

Shall Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to levy and collect a special tax not to exceed twenty (20) mills on the dollar on all property subject to taxation in the District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2002, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, providing, maintaining, or operating the District's fire protection facilities and equipment, which tax shall be in lieu of the not to exceed fifteen (15) mills property tax approved at an election held on April 3, 1993?

Shall Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to levy and collect a special tax of twenty-five (25) mills on the dollar on all property subject to taxation in the District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2002, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, providing, maintaining, or operating the District's fire protection facilities and equipment, which tax shall be in lieu of the twenty (20) mills property tax approved at an election held in the District on July 16, 1994?

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana (the "Board"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 30 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect, for a period of ten (10) years beginning October 1, 2002, a special sales and use tax in the amount of one-half of one percent (1/2%) (the "Tax") upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and upon the sale of services in the Parish of Jefferson (the "Parish"), as defined in La. R.S. 47:301 through La. R.S. 47:318, inclusive, with the avails or proceeds of said Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used solely for the purposes of (i) funding an across the board total of $2000 annual salary increase, with an increase of $1000 for the calendar year 2003 and an increase of an additional $1000 beginning calendar year 2004, for all classroom teachers, counselors, speech therapists, social workers, educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, nurses and all certified personnel except the Executive Directors, Superintendent and Chief Financial Officer, including benefits related thereto or as required by state law or mandate and including expenses of teacher retention; (ii) funding an across the board total $750 annual salary increase, with an increase of $500 for the calendar 2003 and an increase of an additional $250 beginning calendar year 2004, for all other full time employees, including benefits related thereto or as required by state law or mandate; (iii) providing funds for an organized teacher recruitment effort; (iv) providing continued funding for operation and capital improvements for alternative schools; (v) providing funds for the goal of lowering the teacher pupil ratio to 26:1 in middle, junior high and high schools; (vi) providing a technology assistant/librarian in each school; (vii) providing advanced academic programs; (viii) providing materials of instruction; (ix) providing full time foreign language teachers in middle and junior high schools and restoring the elementary foreign language program; (x) providing funds for voluntary drug testing for all high school students and (xi) re-establishing an adequate fund balance?