Beauregard Parish

Shall Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Beauregard, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of twenty-three (23) mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District for a period of fifteen (15) years, beginning with the 2003 and ending with the year 2017, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the District, and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, said tax to be in lieu of and replace a 23 mills tax authorized to be levied in the District through the year 2006, at an election held in the District on April 11, 1992?

Shall the Parish of Beauregard, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one-fourth of one percent (1/4%) (the "Tax") for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the first levy of the Tax upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services within the Parish, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 through 47:317, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used for the purpose of paying the cost of maintaining and operating a parishwide mosquito control program, including the cost of acquiring equipment and materials necessary or useful in the eradication, abatement or control of mosquitoes and other arthropods of public health importance; and further, shall the Parish be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax to pay the cost of capital improvements for such purposes to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?