Calcasieu Parish

Shall the Calcasieu Parish Law Enforcement District, Tony Mancuso, Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, (the "District"), and under the provisions of Article VI, Sections 22 and 30 of the constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and section 5903 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto the District be authorized to levy and collect and adopt an ordinance providing for the renewal of such levy and collection, a tax of one-quarter (1/4%) percent (the "Tax") 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, all as defined in L.R.S. 47:301 through L.R.S. 47:317, inclusive, for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the expiration of the current tax, with the proceeds of the tax, after paying reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the tax, to be dedicated and used for: maintaining beginning salary levels for deputies and providing for future cost of living salary adjustments; providing continued permanent funding for drug education programs, such as D.A.R.E., in our schools; maintaining funding levels in personnel and equipment for Narcotics, Patrol and Detective Divisions; maintaining operating reserves and providing additional funding for the Calcasieu Parish Law Enforcement District; and maintaining funding operations for the previous expansion of the Calcasieu Parish Jail per agreement with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, and providing substance abuse and other counseling programs for youthful offenders incarcerated for drug crimes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana, with the proceeds of the Tax to be subject to being funded into bonds in accordance with the provisions of Louisiana Law? The budgeted annual revenue from this sales and use tax in the Law Enforcement District of Calcasieu Parish will be $10,325,000.00. This renewal comprises 15% of the total Revenue Budget. This sales and use tax will commence on October 1, 2013 and expire on September 30, 2023.

Shall School District No. 24 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, incur debt and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $5,000,000 for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight (8%) percent per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, purchasing, erecting, enlarging and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for said School District, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public, which said bonds shall be retired with, paid from and secured by ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the limits of School District No. 24 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, sufficient in rate and amount to pay said bonds in principal and interest, with the estimated millage rate to be 18 mills in the first year of issue?