Lafayette Parish

Shall the City of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "City"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of two (2) mills on all property subject to taxation in said City, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2013 and ending with the year 2022 (an estimated $2,430,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of paying the costs of providing fire salaries and salary related benefits in said City?

Shall the City of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "City"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of three (3) mills on all property subject to taxation in said City, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2013 and ending with the year 2022 (an estimated $3,650,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of paying the costs of providing police salaries and salary related benefits in said City?

Shall the City of Youngsville, State of Louisiana (the "City") be authorized to rededicate the revenues received from the levy and collection of a one percent (1%) sales and use tax (the "1981 Tax") previously authorized at an election held on July 11, 1981 (an estimated $1,500,000 expected to be collected from the levy of the 1981 Tax for an entire year) so that beginning January 1, 2013, and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, 50% of the revenues of the 1981 Tax received by the City during such period may be used to pay the costs of operating and maintaining law enforcement facilities, acquiring equipment and furnishings therefore, constructing and/or acquiring buildings to house such facilities and paying police department employee salaries and benefits; and 50% of the revenues of the 1981 Tax received by the City during such period may be used to pay the costs of operating and maintaining law enforcement facilities, acquiring equipment and furnishings therefore, constructing and acquiring buildings to house such facilities and paying police department employee salaries and benefits; constructing, improving and maintaining works of public improvement and acquiring equipment therefore; constructing, acquiring, operating and maintaining fire protection facilities and acquiring equipment and furnishings therefore and paying fire department employee salaries and benefits, and beginning January 1, 2015 and thereafter, all of the revenues of the 1981 Tax received by the City shall revert back to the Police Department and may be used to pay the costs of operating and maintaining law enforcement facilities, acquiring equipment and furnishings therefor, constructing and/or acquiring buildings to house such facilities and paying police department employees' salaries and benefits all within the Youngsville Police Department?

Shall the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of one and seventy-one hundredths (1.71) mills on all property subject to taxation in said Parish, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2013 and ending with the year 2022 (an estimated $2,810,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of improving, maintaining and operating the Lafayette Regional Airport?

Shall the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of three and thirty-four hundredths (3.34) mills on all property subject to taxation in said Parish, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2013 and ending with the year 2022 (an estimated $5,490,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of maintaining, operating and improving drainage works within and for said Parish?

Shall the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), continue to levy and collect a two (2) mills tax on all property subject to taxation within the Parish for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2013 and ending with the year 2022 (an estimated $3,280,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining and operating public libraries in the Parish, including the acquisition of equipment, books, materials and supplies?

Shall Consolidated School District No. 1 of the Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, continue to levy a sixteen and seven-tenths (16.7) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in said Consolidated School District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024 (an estimated $27,450,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for the purpose of giving additional support to public elementary and secondary schools, excluding capital improvements in said Consolidated School 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)