Bossier Parish

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Bossier, State of Louisiana (the "School Board"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29(B) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, La. R.S. 33:2721.6, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one-quarter of one percent (1/4%) (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 in Bossier Parish, all as defined in La. R.S. 47:301 to 47:317, inclusive, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be divided, with not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of such net proceeds to be dedicated and used for paying salaries and benefits for teachers and other personnel employed by the Bossier Parish School Board and the remainder to be dedicated and used for renovating, improving, equipping, furnishing, maintaining and operating public schools and school-related facilities in Bossier Parish?

Shall Parishwide School District of the Parish of Bossier, State of Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of Seventy Million Dollars ($70,000,000), to run twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding nine per centum (9%) per annum, to be sold at par, premium or discount, 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; 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?

To provide that marriage in this state shall consist of the union of one man and one woman, that legal incidents of marriage shall not be conferred on a member of any union other than such union, and that the state shall not validate or recognize a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals or any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman. (Adds Article XII, Section 15)