Livingston Parish

Shall Livingston Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 1 (the "District"), under the provisions of Act 168 of 1983 and constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one-*half (1/2) of one percent (0.5%) 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 the sales of services in the District, all as is presently or hereafter defined in La. R. S. 47:301 to La. R. S. 47:317, inclusive, for a period of twenty (20) years from the date of the first levy of said tax, with the proceeds of the tax (after paying reasonable and necessary costs and expense of collecting and administering the tax) to be used to acquire drainage works, rights-of-way for canals and ditches, flood prevention works, equipment and facilities necessary to construct, maintain and operate outlets for the waters of the District, and prevent flooding, provided that the said tax authorized hereby will not be collected within the present corporate limits of the City of Denham Springs, Louisiana, so long as said City levies and collects the one percent (1%) sales and use tax originally authorized by ordinance adopted on December 29, 1958, and remits to the District or pays directly from the avails of said municipal tax the City's prorata share of the cost of drainage improvement projects benefiting the City, as determined by engineering reports and intergovernmental contracts between the said City and the District, as authorized by Article 6, *20 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution and paragraph D of *1805 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as enacted by Act 168 of 1984?

Shall Special Taxing District No. 5 of Livingston Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to continue the levy and collection for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the first levy of said tax, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one-half of one per cent (1/2%) (the "Tax") 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 presently defined in La. R.S. 47:301 through 47:317, inclusive, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated and used to acquire drainage works, equipment and facilities necessary to construct, maintain and operate outlets for the waters of the District, and prevent flooding; and further shall the District be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds to be issued in series from time to time to pay the capital costs of making gravity drainage improvements to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana, including Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950?