East Baton Rouge Parish

Shall the Brownsfield Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VI, Section 19 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution, Section 1501 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to continue to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, of an ad valorem tax of ten (10) mills (the "Tax"), in each calendar year on all property subject to taxation in the Brownsfield Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, for a period of ten (10) years, commencing in the year 2005 to and including the year 2014, and shall the avails or proceeds of said Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collection and administering the Tax, if any) be used entirely and exclusively for the development, improvement, operation and maintenance of the fire protection facilities of the Brownsfield Fire Protection District No. 3, and paying salaries and benefits of fire district personnel, paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, and paying the cost of fire hydrant rentals and service, within the Brownsfield Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge?

Shall the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 30 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to continue to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, of a special ad valorem tax of 3.13 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of the Parish (the "Tax"), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the tax collection for the year 2005, and annually thereafter to and including the year 2014, the proceeds of said Tax to provide funds to the Department of Emergency Medical Services of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana to be used entirely and exclusively to pay the operation and maintenance costs and expenses of providing emergency medical services within the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana?

Shall Section 9.05 of the Plan of Government of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge be amended, under and pursuant to the authority conferred by Article VI, Section 5(A) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 (the "Constitution"), Article VI, Section 22 of the Constitution, Section 1395.4 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, Section 11.09 of the Plan of Government, and other constitutional and statutory authority, for the purpose of deleting the provision in Section 9.05 of the Plan of Government to the effect that the decision of the Personnel Board either sustaining, reversing or modifying the disciplinary action against a Classified Service member appealed from shall be final, and to provide in replacement thereof that the decision of the Personnel Board either sustaining, reversing or modifying the disciplinary action against a Classified Service member may be appealed by such Classified Service member or the applicable department head to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court within sixty (60) calendar days from the appealing party's receipt of notice of the Personnel Board's decision, and further providing that the remaining provisions of Section 9.05 of the Plan of Government shall remain the same?

Shall the Zachary Community School System, in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (the "System"), levy a thirty-eight and two-tenths (38.2) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in said System for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2004 and ending with the year 2013, inclusive, for the purpose of giving additional support to the public elementary and secondary schools of the Zachary Community School System and for any of its lawful school purposes, including acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating the public elementary and secondary schools and school-related buildings, equipment and facilities of the System and paying the salaries and benefits of school system personnel, said millage to be levied in lieu of a similar tax authorized at an election held in the corporate limits of said System on April 7, 2001?