Winn Parish

Shall the Parish of Winn, State of Louisiana (the ''Parish"), levy a special tax of five (5) mills on all property subject to taxation in the Parish (an estimated $323,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of five (5) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of maintaining and supporting, for acquiring sites, or erecting, or renovating buildings, or performing capital improvements on existing buildings thereon or additions thereto, including furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Winn Parish Library, title to which shall be in the public, and further authority in the event that said election is carried, to levy and collect said tax?

Shall Road District #1 of the Parish of Winn, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of two and two hundredths (2.02) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District (which is within the corporate limits of the City of Winnfield, Parish of Winn, State of Louisiana) (an estimated $37,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of five (5) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of constructing, repairing and maintaining streets and bridges, title to which shall be in the public, and further authority in the event that said election is carried, to levy and collect said tax?

Shall Road District #2 of the Parish of Winn, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of five (5) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District (which is outside the corporate limits of the City of Winnfield, Parish of Winn, State of Louisiana) (an estimated $230,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of five (5) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of constructing, repairing and maintaining public roads and bridges, title to which shall be in the public, and further authority in the event that said election is carried, to levy and collect said tax?

Do you support an amendment to authorize the legislature to create the Louisiana Medical Assistance Trust Fund, for the payment of Medicaid reimbursement to the health care provider groups paying fees into the fund? (Adds Article VII, Section 10.14)

Do you support an amendment to create the Hospital Stabilization Fund to stabilize and protect Medicaid reimbursements for health care services by depositing assessments paid by hospitals, as authorized by the legislature, into a fund to support Louisiana hospital reimbursement? (Adds Article VII, Section 10.13)

Do you support an amendment allowing an authorized agent of a tax collector to assist in the tax sale process, including the sale of property for delinquent taxes and that the fee charged by the authorized agent be included within the costs that the collector can recover in the tax sale? (Amends Article VII, Section 25(A)(1) and (E))

Do you support an amendment to authorize the investment of public funds to capitalize a state infrastructure bank and the loan, pledge, guarantee, or donation of public funds by a state infrastructure bank for eligible transportation projects? (Amends Article VII, Section 14(B))

Do you support an amendment to remove the constitutional requirement that a judge retire upon attaining the age of seventy or, if his seventieth birthday occurs during his term, that he retire upon completion of that term? (Amends Article V, Section 23)

Do you support an amendment to authorize the governing authority of Orleans Parish to increase the annual millage rate levied for fire and police protection, to require that the revenue from the fire and police millages be used for fire and police protection service enhancements, and to require that any increase be approved by the voters of Orleans Parish? (Amends Article VI, Section 26(E))

Do you support an amendment to provide that the homesteads of veterans with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent unemployability or totally disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and their surviving spouses, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars, and that a parishwide vote shall not be required to implement this change in qualification for the exemption? (Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1) and (3))

Do you support an amendment to establish the Artificial Reef Development Fund in the state treasury by depositing in to the fund monies that have been received by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the form of grants, donations, or other assistance to provide funding for programs dedicated to managing an artificial reef system, the wild seafood certification program, and inshore fisheries habitat enhancement projects? (Adds Article VII, Section 10.11)

Do you support an amendment to exclude owners who are permanently totally disabled from the requirement that they annually certify to the assessor the amount of their adjusted gross income in order to receive the Special Assessment Level on their residences for property tax purposes? (Amends Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(iv))

Do you support an amendment providing for an eighteen-month redemption period in any parish other than Orleans, for vacant property sold at tax sale which is blighted or abandoned? (Effective January 1, 2015) (Adds Article VII, Section 25(B)(3))

Do you support an amendment to change the maximum number of departments in the executive branch of state government from twenty to twenty-one? (Amends Article IV, Section 1(B))

Do you support an amendment to require that two members of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission be electors from parishes located north of the parishes of Beauregard, Allen, Evangeline, Avoyelles, and Pointe Coupee? (Amends Article IX, Section 7(A))

Do you support an amendment to authorize the governing authority of the city of New Orleans to sell at a price fixed by the legislature property located in the Lower Ninth Ward of the city of New Orleans? (Amends Article VII, Section (14)(B))

Do you support an amendment to provide that legislation relative to tax rebates, tax incentives, and tax abatements may not be introduced or considered by the legislature in a regular session held in an even-numbered year? (Amends Article III, Section 2(A)(3)(b) and (4)(b)(introductory paragraph))