Evangeline Parish

Shall Police Jury Ward No. 1, Parish of Evangeline, Louisiana (the "Ward"), be authorized to renew the levy of an eighty-four hundredths (.84) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the Ward (an estimated $44,921.67 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 maintaining and upkeeping public cemeteries located in Police Jury Ward No. 1?

Shall Prairie Mamou Gravity Drainage District No. 8 of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy a new special tax of 3.5 mills on all property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $6,364.00 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 purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining or operating drainage works within and for the District?

Shall Evangeline Parish Communications District, Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to continue to levy a one and two hundredths (1.02) mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $227,785.00 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 2014 and ending with the year 2023, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating an enhanced 911 emergency telephone system (including the payment of necessary personnel)?

"LOCAL OPTION ELECTION Within Evangeline 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 and Drainage Sales Tax District No. 1 of the Parish of Evangeline, State of Louisiana (the "District"), 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 renew a two percent (2%) sales and use tax (the "Tax") currently being levied and collected in those precincts of Ward 1, Ward 3, Ward 4 and Ward 5 of Evangeline Parish, within the original boundaries of the District, and to establish a new 2% sales and use tax to be levied by the District in those precincts of Ward 2 of Evangeline Parish recently included in the boundaries of the District (an estimated $4,023,685 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) all for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) years commencing October 1, 2013 (or the date of the first levy of the Tax) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the distribution and storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services within the District, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 through 47:317, for the purposes of acquiring equipment, constructing, improving, maintaining and resurfacing public roads and bridges in the District, including incidental drainage and improving, maintaining and operating drainage facilities, and further, shall the District be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds to be issued in series from time to time for such capital purposes, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana, including Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended?

Shall Waterworks District No. 1 of the Parish of Evangeline, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a twelve and eighty-one hundredths (12.81) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $496,440 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 2014 and ending with the year 2023, for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, operating and extending the waterworks facilities of the District?

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)