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Rapides Parish

Local election results for Saturday, May 2, 2009. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State.

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Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition (Tax Renewal) Summary: Authority to continue to levy a 10 year 16.31 mill property tax for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating fire protection facilities and equipment in Service Area No. 1 of Fire Protection District No. 2.

Service Area #1 of FPD #2, 16.31 Mills - PJ - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 97.2% voted yes and 2.8% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall Fire Protection District No. 2 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of sixteen and thirty-one hundredths (16.31) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the confines of Service Area No. 1 of the District for a period of ten years, beginning with the year 2011 and ending with the year 2020 (an estimated $330,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating fire protection facilities and equipment, provided that no more than the statutory limit provided by La. R.S. 40:1501 shall be used for the purpose of acquiring fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment?

  • YesApproved

    97.2% 345 votes

  • No

    2.8% 10 votes

No precinct map: Rapides Parish's precinct lines changed, and the published boundaries don't match these results.

355 votes cast.