East Baton Rouge Parish

Shall the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Act 639 of the 1984 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, and other constitutional authority, be authorized, effective January 1, 2006, to extend the levy and collection of the 1/2% sales and use tax presently authorized to be levied by the Parish through December 31, 2007, pursuant to an election held on November 17, 2001 (the "Tax"), for an additional twenty-three (23) years, and shall the proceeds of said Tax be used entirely and exclusively (1) to provide funds (70% of the proceeds of the Tax) (a) for the widening of existing public roads and streets, and/or (b) the construction of new public roads and streets, such projects within the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish on a priority basis as described in the Transportation and Street Improvements Program dated June 8, 2005, and such projects within the City of Baker, the City of Zachary and the City of Central, on a priority basis as determined by the respective governing authority of such incorporated municipality, and (2) (a) to provide funds (27% of the proceeds of the Tax) for the repair and improvement of public roads and streets, including engineering services, drainage and traffic signal synchronization, and (b) to provide funds (3% of the proceeds of the Tax) for road beautification projects, including landscaping and sidewalks and the maintenance thereof, all on a priority basis, within the Parish, the City of Baton Rouge, the City of Baker, the City of Zachary and the City of Central; and shall the Parish be further authorized to fund proceeds of the Tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more of the aforesaid capital purposes set forth in clause (1) above, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?

Shall the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Sections 30 and 32 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to continue to levy and collect, and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, of a special ad valorem tax of 11.1 mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of the Parish (the "Tax"), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the tax collection for the year 2006, and annually thereafter to and including the year 2015, and shall said Tax (after paying reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) be used entirely and exclusively for the purpose of maintaining and operating the public library system of the Parish and its branches, and improving services, acquiring land and constructing new library facilities, title to which is and shall be in the public, and shall the avails or proceeds of the Tax be administered by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Board of Control, in the manner required by law?