St. Tammany Parish

Shall the Law Enforcement District of the Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to continue to levy and collect a tax of one-fourth of one percent (the "Tax"), 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 District, all as defined by law (an estimated $9,807,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), from the scheduled expiration date of the current sales and use tax approved by the voters on April 15, 2000, 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 rededicated and used exclusively for continued funding of the Law Enforcement District, including (i) payment of deputies' salaries; (ii) hiring and training of deputies; and (iii) purchase and maintenance of law enforcement equipment; with the Sheriff to continue to produce an external audit annually with a proper accounting of actual expenditures, and shall the District be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds from time to time for capital improvement purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?

Shall St. Tammany Parish Wide School District No. 12 of the Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds not exceeding One Hundred Sixty Seven Million Dollars ($167,000,000) to run twenty (20) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding seven per centum (7%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, and specifically for those facilities, technology and security initiatives set forth in the "capital improvement plan" approved by the school board on December 13, 2007, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?