St. Tammany Parish

Shall the City of Covington, State of Louisiana (the "City"), be authorized to continue to levy a ten (10) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the City for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2004 and ending with the year 2013, for the purpose of improving, maintaining and operating the District's fire protection facilities, for purchasing, maintaining and operating fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment?

Shall the City of Slidell, State of Louisiana, levy a three (3) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in said City for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2014, for the purpose of maintenance and operation of the municipal police department of the City, including the acquisition of the necessary equipment therefor?

Shall the City of Slidell, State of Louisiana, levy a five (5) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in said City 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 sewerage works and facilities within and for the City?

Shall the City of Slidell, State of Louisiana, levy a five (5) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in said City for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2006 and ending with the year 2015, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining garbage disposal works and refuse and garbage collection and disposal systems within and for the City?

Shall Drainage District No. 4 of the Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to renew the levy of a maintenance and operation tax for a five year term, subject to renewal for five year terms by special election, on each landowner of record within the District of not more than $96.00 for each 10,000 square feet of each lot and parcel owned, such that the minimum tax on each lot or parcel is equal to that amount which would be levied on the first 10,000 square feet for the maintenance of the levee system, pumping station, pumps, holding ponds, construction of pumping stations and acquisition of land therefore, and the operation of the District including costs of the pumping station operation staff, salaries of office staff, utilities and fuels, purchase of equipment necessary for the maintenance or operation of the District, contract services, insurance, and personnel, and other matters related thereto or called for by law?

Shall the Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), levy a four (4.00) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in said Parish for a period of twenty (20) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2024, for the purpose of providing funding for the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office, including constructing, acquiring, improving, operating and maintaining facilities and equipment therefor?

Shall the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District (the "District") levy a special tax of three (3) mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2006 and ending with the year 2015, for the purpose of improving, maintaining and operating the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center and acquiring, maintaining and operating necessary equipment and furnishings for said Center, said tax to be subject to homestead exemption as provided by law?

Shall Sub-Drainage District No. 1 (Parcel) of Drainage District No. 3 of the Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect an annual parcel fee of Sixty Dollars ($60) on each lot, sub*divided portion of ground and/or individual tract located in the District for an additional period of ten (10) years through the year 2017, said parcel fee presently being authorized to be levied through the year 2007 pursuant to an election held on November 18, 1995, with the proceeds of the parcel fee to be used for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, operating and/or maintaining projects, works, improvements and equipment to improve and facilitate drainage within the District and the District being further authorized to fund the proceeds of said parcel fee into bonds to be issued in series from time to time to pay for such capital improvements in the manner provided by 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)