St. Landry Parish

Shall Coulee Croche Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of one (1) mill on all property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2009 and ending with the year 2018 (an estimated $6,730 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating the District's fire protection facilities and paying the cost of obtaining equipment and water for fire protection purposes?

Shall Coulee Croche Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of two (2) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2009 and ending with the year 2018 (an estimated $13,460 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating the District's fire protection facilities and paying the cost of obtaining equipment and water for fire protection purposes?

Shall Prairie Basse Gravity Drainage District No. 15 of the Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of five and thirty-two hundredths (5.32) mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $38,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2008 and ending with the year 2017, for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining and operating the gravity drainage works in the District?

Shall the St. Landry Parish Government, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), for a ten (10) year period commencing January 1, 2009, and ending March 31, 2019 be authorized to rededicate a portion of the proceeds received by the Parish from the levy and collection of a tax (the "Tax") of eighty hundredths of one percent (.80%) 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 Parish, all as presently defined in La. R.S. 47:301 to 47:318, inclusive, and currently being set aside and deposited for the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal System for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating solid waste collection and disposal facilities for the Parish, including the payment of the cost of closing garbage dumps now owned or operated by the Parish and the various municipalities located within the Parish ("Waste Collection and Disposal Purposes"), so that a portion of such proceeds may be rededicated and used not only (i) for Waste Collection and Disposal Purposes, but also (ii) for constructing, acquiring, improving and operating the roads, bridges and related drainage facilities within the geographic boundaries of the Parish in accordance with the road priority capital improvements program approved by the Parish Council under the St. Landry Parish Home Rule Charter, including the funding of a cooperative endeavor agreement with the St. Landry Parish Road District No. 1 for such purposes ("Road Construction and Maintenance Purposes"); provided, however, that the first $500,000 of annual collected proceeds of the Tax shall be dedicated for Road Construction and Maintenance Purposes with the remaining annual collected proceeds (above $500,000) being dedicated to Waste Disposal Purposes until expiration of the ten (10) year rededication period, after which, all proceeds of the Tax shall return to their originally dedicated Waste Disposal Purposes; with further authorization to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds from time to time for any one or more capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana, including, but not limited to, Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950? It is estimated (as of the date of this proposition) that the total amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Tax for the first year following such rededication will be approximately $8,704,211.00.

Shall Road District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Landry (the "New District") be authorized to levy a ten (10) mills tax (the "Tax") on all property subject to taxation in the New District for a period of ten (10) years beginning with the year 2008 and ending with the year 2017, the proceeds of which will be dedicated to constructing, acquiring, improving and operating the roads, bridges and related drainage facilities of the New District in accordance with the road priority capital improvements program approved by the Parish Council under the St. Landry Parish Home Rule Charter, and further to acquire the assets of St. Landry Public Works District/Road Commission Nos. 4, 5 and 6 and St. Landry Parish Road District Nos. 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and all subdistricts of the foregoing (collectively, the "Current Districts") and, following such acquisition of assets, to provide for the respective outstanding obligations of the Current Districts in a manner to allow for a reduction and/or termination of the road tax millages being levied by the Current Districts? It is estimated (as of the date of this proposition) that the total amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Tax for the first year will be $2,800,000.00.