Vernon Parish

Shall the City of Leesville, State of Louisiana (the "City"), 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 continue the levy and collection of a tax of one percent (1%) (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 City, in the manner provided by state law, for an additional twenty-five (25) years from July 1, 2005, with the revenues derived from the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used in the following order for the purposes of constructing, improving, extending, and maintaining (1) streets, sidewalks, bridges, drains, subsurface drainage, sewers and sewerage disposal works, (2) fire department stations and facilities; and (3) public parks and recreational facilities; and purchasing and acquiring the necessary land, equipment and furnishings for any of the aforesaid public works, improvements and facilities; and be subject to funding into bonds in the manner provided by state law for any of the aforesaid capital purposes?

Shall Pickering School District No. 142 of the Parish of Vernon, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of Three Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,200,000), to run not exceeding twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum (8%) per annum, for the purpose of improving 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, including three activity buses, 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?

Shall Road District No. Seven, Vernon Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy a five and eight hundredths (5.08) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation within the Road District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2014, for the purpose of maintaining Parish roads and bridges within the Road District?

Shall Road District No. Seven, Vernon Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy a two and three hundredths (2.03) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation within the Road District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2014, for the purpose of constructing and improving Parish roads and bridges within the Road District?

Shall Ward Eight Wardwide School District No. 151 of the Parish of Vernon, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of One Million Five Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($1,570,000), to run not exceeding thirty (30) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum (8%) per annum, for the purpose of improving 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, including an activity bus, 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)