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LECOMPTE-LAMOURIE-WOODWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 PROPOSITION (TAX CONTINUATION) SUMMARY: 10 YEAR, 4.55 MILLS PROPERTY TAX CONTINUATION FOR ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, REPAIRING, IMPROVING, MAINTAINING AND/OR OPERATING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL RELATED FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAMS FOR THE DISTRICT.
Lecomp-Lamou-Wood SD #57, 4.55 Mills - SB
Passed: 55.2% voted yes and 44.8% voted no.
What the ballot said
Shall Lecompte-Lamourie-Woodworth School District No. 57 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, continue to levy a four and fifty-five hundredths (4.55) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in said School District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2003 and ending with the year 2012, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, repairing, improving, maintaining and/or operating schools and school related facilities, equipment and programs for said School District?
YesApproved
55.2%91 votes
No
44.8%74 votes
No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
165 votes cast.
PINEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 52 PROPOSITION SUMMARY: TO AUTHORIZE $6,000,000 OF 20-YEAR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE DISTRICT FOR ACQUIRING AND/OR IMPROVING LANDS FOR BUILDING SITES AND PLAYGROUNDS; INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF NECESSARY SIDEWALKS AND STREETS ADJACENT THERETO; PURCHASING, ERECTING AND/OR IMPROVING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND OTHER SCHOOL RELATED FACILITIES WITHIN AND FOR THE DISTRICT AND ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS THEREFOR, TITLE TO WHICH SHALL BE IN THE PUBLIC, SAID BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Pineville School Dist.#52, Bond --Parish Sch. Bd., 20 Yr.
Passed: 59.6% voted yes and 40.4% voted no.
What the ballot said
Shall Pineville School District No. 52 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000), to run twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding seven per centum (7%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds; including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public, and more specifically for projects at the following schools: Campus Estimated Budget J. I. Barron Elementary $1,473,000 Pineville Elementary 693,000 J. S. Slocum Elementary 769,000 Lessie Moore Sixth Grade Center 968,000 Pineville Junior High School 1,445,000 Pineville High School 652,000 which bonds will be general obligations of the District 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
59.6%268 votes
No
40.4%182 votes
No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
450 votes cast.
WARD 10 RECREATION DISTRICT PROPOSITION (MILLAGE TAX RENEWAL) SUMMARY: 10 YEAR 5 MILLS PROPERTY TAX FOR IMPROVING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OF THE WARD 10 RECREATION DISTRICT.
Shall Ward 10 Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of five (5) mills on all property subject to taxation in said District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2006 and ending with the year 2015 for the purpose of improving, maintaining and operating the recreational facilities of the District?
YesApproved
57.6%284 votes
No
42.4%209 votes
No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.