Allen Parish

Shall Fire Protection District No. 6 of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the "District") incur debt and issue in one or more series from time to time not exceeding Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) of general obligation bonds to run not exceeding fifteen (15) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate or rates not exceeding eight percentum (8%) per annum, to be sold at par, premium or discount, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and improving fire protection facilities and equipment, including fire trucks, for said District, title to which shall be in the public, which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with an estimated 3.85 mills (an estimated $47,043.00 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) to be levied in the first year of issue to pay said Bonds?

Shall the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), levy a special tax of four (4) mills on all the property subject to taxation in the Parish (an estimated $308,000 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 2013 and ending with the year 2022, for the purpose of improving, maintaining and supporting the Courthouse and Jail of the Parish?

"LOCAL OPTION ELECTION Within Allen Parish School District: Shall the number of terms of office that any member of the school board may serve be limited to three consecutive four-year terms?"

Shall Road District No. 5 of the Parish of Allen, State of Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to continue to levy a five and thirty hundredths (5.30) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $140,000 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 2013 and ending with the year 2022, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining Parish roads and bridges within the District, said millage to represent an eighteen hundredths of a mill (.18) increase over the 5.12 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2012 pursuant to an election held on November 5, 2002?

Do you support an amendment to prohibit monies in the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly from being used or appropriated for other purposes when adjustments are made to eliminate a state deficit? (Adds Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(g))

Do you support an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana to provide that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right and any restriction of that right requires the highest standard of review by a court? (Amends Article I, Section 11)

Do you support an amendment to require legislation effecting any change to laws concerning retirement systems for public employees that is to be prefiled to be filed no later than forty-five days before the start of a regular legislative session and to require the completion of public notice requirements regarding legislation effecting such a change no later than sixty days before introduction of the bill? (Amends Article III, Section 2(A)(2), Article X, Section 29(C), and Article XIII, Section 1(A))

Do you support an amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation, in addition to the homestead exemption, the next seventy-five thousand dollars of value of property owned and occupied by the spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent who passed away prior to the enactment of the exemption? (Effective January 1, 2013)(Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1))

Do you support an amendment to provide for the forfeiture of public retirement benefits by any public servant who is convicted of a felony associated with and committed during his public service? (Adds Article X, Section 29(G))

Do you support an amendment to authorize the granting of ad valorem tax exemption contracts by the city of New Iberia for property annexed by the city after January 1, 2013? (Adds Article VII, Section 21(L))

Do you support an amendment, relative to the membership of constitutional boards and commissions that have members who are selected from congressional districts, to retain the existing number of members and to provide for implementation of membership from reapportioned congressional districts by filling vacancies first from under-represented districts and then from the state at large? (Amends Article VIII, Sections 5(B)(1), 6(B)(1), and 7(B)(1) and Article X, Sections 3(A) and 43(A); Adds Article VIII, Section 8(D))

Do you support an amendment to authorize the granting of ad valorem tax exemption contracts by the Board of Commerce and Industry for businesses located in parishes which have chosen to participate in a program established for the granting of such contracts? (Effective January 1, 2013) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(L))

Do you support an amendment to provide that no law relative to the creation of a special district, the primary purpose of which includes aiding in crime prevention and security by providing for an increased presence of law enforcement personnel in the district or otherwise promoting and encouraging security in the district, shall be enacted unless three separate notices of the proposed law are published at least thirty days prior to introduction of the bill, which notice shall set forth the substance of the proposed law and whether the governing authority of the special district would be authorized to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district, whether the parcel fee will be imposed or may be increased without an election, and the maximum amount of such fee? (Amends Article III, Section 13)