Avoyelles Parish

Shall the City of Bunkie, State of Louisiana (the "City"), under the provisions of Act No. 230 of the Regular Session of the State of Louisiana for the year 2011 (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of three percent (3%) (the "Tax"), in perpetuity beginning January 1, 2012, upon the occupancy of hotel rooms within the City (the Tax to be in addition to any other taxes thereon) (an estimated $26,000 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 deposited in the general fund of the City and shall be used solely for public purposes within the City, the term "hotel" meaning and including any establishment, public or private, engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms or overnight camping facilities intended or designed for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests where such establishment consists of two or more guest rooms but not encompassing any hospital, convalescent or nursing home or sanitarium, or any hotel-like facility operated by or in connection with a hospital or medical clinic providing rooms exclusively for patients and their families, all as defined in the Act?

Shall Parishwide School District of the Parish of Avoyelles, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a special tax of ten (10) mills on all of the property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $1,005,000 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 2012 and ending with the year 2021, for the payment of salaries and benefits for the employees of the Parish School Board, with the Tax proceeds to be applied, first, to the proposed salary increase approved by the School Board on June 21, 2011, provided that the District shall not be authorized to levy and collect the Tax unless the proposed Avoyelles School Board sales tax on this ballot is also approved by the electorate?

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Avoyelles, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one-fourth percent (1/4%) (the "Tax") (an estimated $928,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year) 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 in the Parish of Avoyelles, all as defined by law, for a period of ten (10) years, commencing January 1, 2012, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated and used for the payment of salaries and benefits for the employees of the Parish School Board, with the Tax proceeds to be applied, first, to the proposed salary increase approved by the School Board on June 21, 2011, provided that the School Board shall not be authorized to levy and collect the Tax unless the proposed Avoyelles Parishwide School District millage on this ballot is also approved by the electorate?

To prohibit the levy of new taxes or fees upon the sale or transfer of immovable property, including documentary transaction taxes or fees, or any other tax or fee, by the state or any of its political subdivisions after November 30, 2011. (November 30, 2011) (Adds Article VII, Section 2.3)