Calcasieu Parish

Shall the Calcasieu Parish School Board, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, under the provisions of Article 6, Section 29 of the Constitution of 1974 of the State of Louisiana, La. R.S. 33:2721.6, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, extend for a period of ten years beginning October 1, 2005, and be authorized to continue to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, all presently or hereafter defined in La. R.S. 47:301 through La. R.S. 47:317, with the proceeds of the tax to be dedicated exclusively for supplementing the salaries of teachers and other employees of the Calcasieu Parish School Board?

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Calcasieu, State of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article 8, Section 13(C)(Third) of the Constitution of 1974 of the State of Louisiana, La. R.S. 39:811, et seq., and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, levy and collect each year for a period of ten (10) years beginning January 1, 2005, a special tax of three and seventy-nine one-hundredths (3.79) mills on the dollar of all property subject to taxation in the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana, to provide additional support for maintenance and operation of the public schools of Calcasieu Parish?

Shall the Parish of Calcasieu, State of Louisiana (the "Parish") under the authority of Article VII, Section 21(J) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, as amended, exempt from property taxes, drilling rigs used exclusively for the exploration and development of minerals outside the territorial limits of the State of Louisiana (the "State") in Outer Continental Shelf waters which are within the Parish for the purpose of being stored or stacked for use outside the territorial limits of the State, or for the purpose of being converted, renovated, or repaired and any property in the Parish for the purpose of being incorporated in, or to be used in the operation of said drilling rigs?

Shall Recreation District No. One of Ward Three of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, incur debt and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $9,000,000 for a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight (8%) percent per annum, for the purpose of establishing, acquiring, constructing, improving, extending and maintaining within said District the recreational facilities for the benefit of all its citizens, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, title to which shall be in the public, which said bonds shall be retired with, paid from and secured by ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the limits of Recreation District No. One of Ward Three of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, sufficient in rate and amount to pay said bonds in principal and interest as they respectively mature?

Shall Recreation District No. One of Ward Three of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, levy and collect a tax not exceeding 4 mills for a period not to exceed ten (10) years beginning in 2005, in excess of and in addition to other taxes levied by the District, for the purpose of maintaining and operating recreation facilities, including both movable and immovable property, owned or used by the District, title to which shall be in the public?

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)