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PROPOSITION NO. 1 (SALES & USE TAX) SUMMARY: 3/4% SALES AND USE TAX BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2008 FOR 25 YEARS FOR ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SCHOOL RELATED BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE ON ANY INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED FOR SUCH PURPOSES, SUBJECT TO FUNDING INTO BONDS.
Shall the Central Community School Board, acting as the governing authority of the Central Community School System (the "District"), be authorized to levy and collect a tax of three-fourths of one percent (3/4%) (the "Tax"), commencing October 1, 2008, for 25 years, 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 within the geographic boundaries of the District, all as defined by law (an estimated $1,873,125 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated and used to acquire, construct and improve public elementary and secondary schools, including school related buildings, equipment and facilities, including payment of debt service on any indebtedness incurred for such purposes; said Tax to be subject to funding into bonds from time to time in the manner provided by the laws of Louisiana?
Yes
44.4%2,732 votes
NoDefeated
55.6%3,415 votes
No precinct map: East Baton Rouge Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.
6,147 votes cast.
PROPOSITION NO. 2 (BONDS) SUMMARY: AUTHORITY TO ISSUE NOT EXCEEDING $49,235,000 OF 20 YEAR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE DISTRICT FOR 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, TITLE TO WHICH SHALL BE IN THE PUBLIC, SAID BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Central Comm.Sch. Sys. #2, Prop.#2 - $49,235,000 Bond - SB - 20 Yrs.
Passed: 39.8% voted yes and 60.2% voted no.
What the ballot said
Shall the Central Community School Board, acting as the governing authority of the Central Community School System (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds not exceeding Forty Nine Million Two Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($49,235,000), in one or more series, to run twenty (20) years from 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, 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?
Yes
39.8%2,440 votes
NoDefeated
60.2%3,691 votes
No precinct map: East Baton Rouge Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.