Plaquemines Parish

Shall the Parish of Plaquemines, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect and adopt an ordinance providing for such levy and collection, a tax of one percent (1%) (the "Tax") in perpetuity, upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the Parish, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 through 47:317 (an estimated $7,000,000 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 reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be used to pay the salaries, benefits, training, insurance, administration, maintenance and other costs associated with establishing a paid fire department for the Parish, with said funds to be additionally dedicated for expenditure for the acquisition of fire fighting equipment, lands, buildings and machinery as may be necessary to provide adequate fire protection; and shall the Parish be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds from time to time for the purpose of making capital improvements for the purposes listed above for the Parish 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?