Morehouse Parish

Shall Fifth Ward Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana (the "District") levy a four and one-half (4.5) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the District for a period of five (5) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2009, for the purpose of training personnel, providing emergency medical services as permitted by law and acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the District?

Shall Bastrop Area Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana (the "District"), acting under the authority of La. R.S. 40:1502.6 and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to increase its existing annual service charge to a rate of One Hundred Twenty*-Five Dollars ($125) on each residential or commercial structure and on each mobile home located wholly or partly in the District, whether occupied or unoccupied, and to levy and collect the annual service charge at the increased rate for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2014, inclusive, for the purpose of constructing, purchasing, maintaining and operating fire protection equipment and facilities, title to which shall be in the public, and paying fire department salaries, said increased annual service charge to replace and be levied in lieu of the existing annual service charge that is authorized to be collected through 2008?

Shall the City of Bastrop Sales Tax District No. 1 of the City of Bastrop, State of Louisiana (the "District") be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one-half of one percent (.5%) (the "Tax") for a ten (10) year period commencing January 1, 2005, 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 the District, all as defined in La. R.S. 47:301 through 47:317, inclusive, with the proceeds of the Tax heretofore or hereafter collected (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated and used for the purpose of maintaining, improving, repairing and extending the streets, sidewalks, alleys, roadways and related drainage, within the territorial limits of the District; and shall the District be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana, including, but not limited to, Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950?

Shall the City of Bastrop, State of Louisiana (the "City"), continue to levy, assess and collect annually a special tax of 2.56 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all the property situated within the limits of the City for a period of twenty (20) years, commencing in the year 2004 and ending in the year 2023, for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, and constructing playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational facilities of the City, and shall the City be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?

Shall the City of Bastrop, State of Louisiana (the "City"), continue to levy, assess and collect annually a special tax of 3.23 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all the property situated within the limits of the City for a period of twenty (20) years, commencing in the year 2004 and ending in the year 2023, for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving and enlarging the existing fire protection system of the City, and shall the City be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?

Shall the City of Bastrop, State of Louisiana (the "City"), continue to levy, assess and collect annually a special tax of 0.65 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all the property situated within the limits of the City for a period of twenty (20) years, commencing in the year 2004 and ending in the year 2023, for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, and operating public cemeteries of the City, and shall the City be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana

Shall the City of Bastrop, State of Louisiana (the "City"), continue to levy, assess and collect annually a special tax of 0.65 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all the property situated within the limits of the City for a period of twenty (20) years, commencing -in the year 2004 and ending in the year 2023, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and improving public buildings of the City, and shall the City be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?

Shall the Parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), continue to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of fifty-three hundredths (0.53) of a mill, on all the property subject to taxation within the Parish, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2006 and ending with the year 2015, for the purpose of maintaining and operating public buildings in and for the Parish?

Shall the Parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana ("the Parish"), 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 to levy and collect a tax of one-half of one percent (1/2%) (the "Tax") for a period of ten (10) years, commencing May 1, 2005, 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 the Parish, with the avails or proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated and used for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, maintaining, improving and operating a solid waste collection and disposal system for the Parish, including the closing of existing landfills?

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)