East Baton Rouge Parish

Shall Concord Crime Prevention District (the "District") levy and collect an annual parcel fee of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) on each lot, subdivided portion of ground, or individual tract not a "condominium parcel" as defined in LAS-R. S. 9:1121.103 in the District identified by an individual assessment number on the assessment rolls of East Baton Rouge Parish, for a period of four (4) years, beginning with the year 2005, for the purpose of aiding in crime prevention and adding to the security of the district residents by providing for an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the district? With respect to condominiums, the fee collector shall impose the parcel fee on each lot on which condominiums are situated and not on individual condominium units.

Shall the Metropolitan Council of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and City of Baton Rouge, acting as governing authority of the Downtown Development District of the City of Baton Rouge, under the provisions of Article VI, Sections 19 and 30 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution, Part I of Chapter 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 33:2740.8), and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, of a special ad valorem tax of ten (10) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of the Downtown Development District of the City of Baton Rouge (the "Tax"), for a period of five (5) years, beginning with the tax collection for the year 2007, and annually thereafter to and including the year 2011, and shall the proceeds of said Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax, if any), be used entirely and exclusively for the planning, development, management, operation and improvement of the facilities, public improvements and services of the Downtown Development District of the City of Baton Rouge?

Shall the Plan of Government of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge be amended 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 supplemental thereto, for the purpose of amending Section 9.03(d) of the Plan of Government for the purpose of deleting the provision in Section 9.03(d) of the Plan of Government relating to the maintenance of eligible lists for all original appointments and whenever it shall be determined in accordance with the rules of the Personnel Board to be practicable, for promotions, for each class or position in the Classified Service, by the Personnel Administrator, and to provide in replacement thereof that on and after January 1, 2005, the Personnel Administrator shall have power and be required to maintain eligible lists based on open competitive examinations for all original appointments and whenever it shall be determined in accordance with the rules of the Personnel Board to be practicable, for promotions, for each class or position in the Classified Service, and whenever a vacancy is to be filled certify the names of the individuals in the top five grade groups standing highest on the eligible lists applicable to the position concerned, and further that a grade group shall consist of all candidates with the same grade and must include at least one available candidate to be considered a group, and if there are on such eligible lists less than five groups it shall be the duty of the Personnel Administrator to give notice of and hold an examination for the recruitment of such list, and if after such examination there still are fewer than five groups on such eligible lists the Personnel Administrator shall certify all such names, and further providing that all other provisions of Section 9.03(d) of the Plan of Government shall remain the same?

Shall the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge ("BREC"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 32 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, Section 4570.4(B) of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, of a 3.253 mills tax (the "Tax") on all property subject to taxation in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana (the "Parish"), for a period of twenty (20) years, commencing with the year 2005, and annually thereafter to and including the year 2024, for the purpose of providing funds to purchase, acquire, construct, develop, improve, operate and maintain public parks, playgrounds and recreational properties and facilities of BREC within the Parish, and acquire the necessary furnishings, machinery and equipment therefor, title to which shall be in the public, with the proceeds of the Tax to be specifically used for the purpose of funding the Strategic Master Plan approved and adopted by the Board of Commissioners of BREC on July 27, 2004?

"Shall the South Burbank Crime Prevention and Development District (the "District"), acting through the Board of Commissioners of the District and the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council, be authorized to levy and collect an annual fee on each improved parcel of land located within the boundaries of the District in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for a residential or commercial structure or Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) for each unit in a condominium or for each unit in a residential or commercial structure with four or more units, which fee shall be levied for a period of four (4) years, commencing on January 1, 2006, and which fee shall be collected by any means authorized by law for the collection of taxes, all as provided in La. R. S. 33:9097, with the proceeds of said fee (after deducting the reasonable and necessary costs of collecting said fee) to be used to aid in crime prevention and enhance security of District residents by providing for an increase of law enforcement personnel or contracted security personnel in the District and creation of a crime free housing program and for other purposes permitted by applicable law?"

To guarantee the right of every citizen to hunt, fish and trap, subject to regulation, restriction, or prohibition as provided by law. (Adds Article I, Section 27)

To provide that homestead exempt property is limited to property owned and occupied by the owners; to provide for land classified and assessed at use value; to provide that a field which qualifies for a homestead exemption may have timber on it; to prohibit granting the homestead exemption to bond for deed property unless granted before June 20, 2003; to explicitly prohibit more than one homestead exemption applying to any person; and to require the homestead exemption to extend to the following: (1) The surviving spouse when the homestead is occupied by the surviving spouse and title to it is in the surviving spouse's name as owner of any interest or an usufructuary, or in the name of a testamentary trust established for the benefit of the surviving spouse or the descendants, or to the former spouse when the homestead is occupied by the former spouse and title to it is in the name of either or both of the former spouses. (2) Property owned by an irrevocable trust when the principal beneficiary or beneficiaries are the settlor or settlors of the trust and were the immediate prior owners of the homestead, and the homestead is occupied as such by a principal beneficiary. (3) Property where the usufruct has been granted to no more than two usufructuaries who occupy the homestead and who were the immediate prior owners of the homestead. (4) A natural person or persons and to an irrevocable trust created by a natural person or persons in which the beneficiaries of the trust are a natural person or persons if the criteria above is otherwise satisfied. (5) Property owned, limited to the prorata ownership interest of the person occupying the homestead unless provided otherwise above. (Amends Article VII, Section 20(A))

To provide that persons who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States for at least ninety days after September 11, 2001, for reasons other than training are eligible for the veterans' five-point preference for original state police service employment or original civil service employment by the state, by the city of New Orleans, or by any other civil service system governed by the same provisions of the constitution; to provide that persons who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during a war declared by the United States Congress are eligible for the veterans' five-point preference for original state police service employment; and to permit the legislature to provide for the addition of war periods or armed conflicts for such eligibility by state law enacted by a two-thirds vote. (Amends Article X, Sections 10(A)(2) and 48(A)(2))

To authorize the legislature to provide by law for programs to assist Louisiana farmers and fishermen with support and expansion of their industries; to establish the Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund as a special fund in the state treasury; to provide for the sources of monies in the fund to be from the licensing of trademarks or labels for use in promoting Louisiana agricultural and seafood products, grants, gifts, donations received by the state, any other revenues as provided for by law, and monies appropriated by the legislature to the fund; and to provide for sources of monies in the fund and use of monies appropriated from the fund for assistance to Louisiana farmers and fishermen. (Adds Article VII, Section 10.12)