Allen Parish

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the "School Board"), 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 percent (1%) (the "Tax") for an additional ten (10) years, commencing April 1, 2008, 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 of Allen (the "Parish"), all as provided by state law, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be used exclusively to supplement other revenues available to the School Board for the payment of salaries of teachers in the public elementary and secondary schools of the Parish, and for the expenses of operating said schools, such operating expenses to include but not be limited to payment of salaries of other personnel employed by the School Board in addition to teachers (the estimated amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Tax for one entire year being $1,800,000)?

Shall the Town of Elizabeth, Louisiana, lease its electric distribution facilities and grant a franchise to operate same to Cleco Power LLC, as per written proposal of December 4, 2007, on file in the office of the Clerk of said Town?