East Baton Rouge Parish

Shall the City of Zachary, State of Louisiana (the "City"), incur debt and issue bonds to an amount not exceeding Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,300,000), to run not exceeding twenty-three (23) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding one per centum (1%) per annum, for the purpose of constructing and acquiring improvements and extensions to the sewer system of said City, a revenue producing public utility, said bonds to be secured by and payable as to principal and interest solely from the income and revenues to be derived from the operation of the combined waterworks system, sewer system and natural gas distribution system of said City?

Shall the Park Forest East Crime Prevention and Improvement District (the "District"), acting through the Board of Commissioners of the District and the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council, be authorized to levy and collect an annual fee on each parcel of land located within the boundaries of the District in the amount of Seventy Dollars ($70.00), which fee shall be levied for a period of ten (10) years, commencing on January 1, 2012 (an estimated $26,390.00 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the service charge for an entire year), and which fee shall be collected by any means authorized by law for the collection of taxes, all as provided in La. R.S. 33:9097.10, with the proceeds of said fee (after deducting the reasonable and necessary costs of collecting said fee) to be used to aid in crime prevention and enhance security of District residents by providing for an increase of law enforcement personnel or contracted security personnel in the District and for other purposes permitted by applicable law?

Shall an additional homestead exemption (in addition to the homestead exemption authorized under the provisions of Article VII, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended (the "Louisiana Constitution"), which applies to the first $7,500 of the assessed valuation of property), be authorized on the next $7,500 of assessed valuation of property receiving the homestead exemption, with respect to property owned and occupied by a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, and their surviving spouse, on property located in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Louisiana Constitution, provided that this additional homestead exemption for certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses shall extend and apply to property in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana only after approval by a majority of the registered voters of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana voting on this proposition?

Shall Section 11.02 of the Plan of Government of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and City of Baton Rouge be amended, effective on and after January 1, 2012, for the purpose of (1) providing that the membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "Board of Commissioners") shall be increased from six (6) qualified voters residing in the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "Parish") appointed by the Metropolitan Council of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and the City of Baton Rouge (the "Metropolitan Council") to nine (9) qualified voters residing in the Parish appointed by the Metropolitan Council, (2) providing that the Metropolitan Council be authorized to appoint nine (9) qualified voters residing in the Parish to the Board of Commissioners, (3) providing that of the nine (9) members appointed by the Metropolitan Council, one (1) member, who shall be recommended to the Metropolitan Council by the Mayor of the City of Baker, shall be a qualified voter residing in the City of Baker, one (1) member, who shall be recommended to the Metropolitan Council by the Mayor of the City of Zachary, shall be a qualified voter residing in the City of Zachary, one (1) member, who shall be recommended to the Metropolitan Council by the Mayor of the City of Central, shall be a qualified voter residing in the City of Central, and the remaining six (6) members shall be qualified voters residing in the Parish but outside the boundaries of the City of Baker, the City of Zachary and the City of Central; provided, however, that the members of the Board of Commissioners appointed by the Metropolitan Council residing in the City of Baker, the City of Zachary and the City of Central may not serve as officers of the Board of Commissioners; and further providing that the remaining provisions of Section 11.02 of the Plan of Government shall remain the same?

Shall Section 11.03 of the Plan of Government of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and City of Baton Rouge be amended, under and pursuant to the authority conferred by Article VI, Section 5(A) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 (the "Constitution"), Article VI, Section 22 of the Constitution, Section 1395.4 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, Section 11.09 of the Plan of Government, and other constitutional and statutory authority, effective on and after January 1, 2012, for the purpose of providing that the citizen membership of the Board of Control of the Public Library for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "Parish") shall be increased from seven (7) members to ten (10) members, and further providing that of the ten (10) citizen members of the Board of Control of the Public Library for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "Board of Control") appointed by the Metropolitan Council, one (1) member, who shall be recommended to the Metropolitan Council by the Mayor of the City of Baker, shall be a qualified voter residing in the City of Baker, one (1) member, who shall be recommended to the Metropolitan Council by the Mayor of the City of Zachary, shall be a qualified voter residing in the City of Zachary, one (1) member, who shall be recommended to the Metropolitan Council by the Mayor of the City of Central, shall be a qualified voter residing in the City of Central, and the remaining seven (7) members shall be qualified voters residing in the Parish but outside the boundaries of the City of Baker, the City of Zachary and the City of Central; and further providing that the remaining provisions of Section 11.03 of the Plan of Government shall remain the same?

Shall the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VI, Section 19 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana, Part I of Chapter 7 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 40:1501), and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be re-authorized to levy and collect, and adopt a resolution providing for such levy and collection, of an ad valorem tax of one and one-quarter (1.25) mills (the "Tax") in each calendar year on all property subject to taxation in the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge (an estimated $1,250,000 is reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Tax for the entire first year, and this amount will increase if the value of property subject to taxation increases) for a period of ten (10) years, commencing in the year 2012 to and including the year 2021, and shall the avails or proceeds of said Tax be used entirely and exclusively for salaries, benefits and related expenses for the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 within St. George Fire Protection District of the Parish of East Baton Rouge?

Shall the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VI, Section 19 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana, Part I of Chapter 7 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 40:1501), and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be re-authorized to levy and collect, and adopt a resolution providing for such levy and collection, of an ad valorem tax of one and one-half (1.5) mills (the "Tax") in each calendar year on all property subject to taxation in the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge (an estimated $1,500,000 is reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Tax for the entire first year, and this amount will increase if the value of property subject to taxation increases) for a period of five (5) years, commencing in the year 2012 to and including the year 2016, and shall the avails or proceeds of said Tax be used entirely and exclusively for capital improvements and debt service for the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 within St. George Fire Protection District of the Parish of East Baton Rouge?

Shall the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VI, Section 19 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana, Part I of Chapter 7 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (specifically La. R.S. 40:1502.1 et seq. and all amendatory thereto), and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be re-authorized to levy and collect, and adopt a resolution providing for such levy and collection, of a service charge not to exceed $32.00 per annum from the owners of each residential or commercial structure located within St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 Parish of East Baton Rouge (an estimated $1,000,000 is reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the Service Charge for the entire first year, and this amount will increase if the number of properties subject to service charge increases) in each calendar year on all such property in the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge for a period of ten (10) years, commencing in the year 2012 to and including the year 2021, and shall the avails or proceeds of said service charge be used entirely and exclusively for the development, operation and maintenance of the fire protection facilities of the St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, including charges for fire hydrant rentals and service, within St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge?

To dedicate funds for the TOPS program relative to the portion of the monies deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust each year from the Tobacco Master Settlement, to provide that once the balance in the Millennium Trust reaches a total of one billion three hundred eighty million dollars, one hundred percent of the annual Settlement Proceeds shall be allocated to the TOPS Fund to support state programs of financial assistance for students attending Louisiana postsecondary education institutions; to provide relative to the rate of tax on certain tobacco products and beginning July 1, 2012, to dedicate such tobacco revenues to the Health Excellence Fund to be used for the purposes of the fund, including providing for the optimal development of Louisiana's children through the provision of appropriate health care and providing health care initiatives through innovation in advanced health care sciences; to provide for the deposit, transfer, or credit of certain monies in the Millennium Trust to the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund, and the TOPS Fund. (Amends Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(1)(c), (A)(2),(3), and (4), and (C)(1) and adds Article VII, Section 4.1)

To require in Fiscal Years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 that five percent of money designated in the official forecast as nonrecurring be applied toward the balance of the unfunded accrued liability which existed as of June 30, 1988, for the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana. To further require that in Fiscal Year 2015-2016 and every fiscal year thereafter that ten percent of such nonrecurring revenue be applied to such purposes. (Amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b))

To authorize the legislature to establish a private custodial fund, designated as the Patient's Compensation Fund, for the use, benefit, and protection of medical malpractice claimants and private health care provider members; to provide that assets of the fund shall not be state property. (Adds Article XII, Section 16)

To provide that if at any time mineral revenues exceed the base provided by law and monies are withdrawn from the Budget Stabilization Fund, no deposit of mineral revenues shall be made to the Budget Stabilization Fund in the same or ensuing fiscal year in which monies in the fund are appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast, except by specific legislative appropriation, and thereafter deposits of mineral revenues into the fund shall resume except in an annual amount not to exceed one-third of the most recent amount appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast. (Adds Article VII, Section 10.3(C)(5))

To amend provisions relative to tax sales in order to maintain an existing exemption from the minimum bid requirements for tax sales in the city of New Orleans due to changes in populations according to the 2010 census. (Amends Article VII, Section 25(A)(2))