Vernon Parish

Shall Hornbeck School District No. 143 of the Parish of Vernon, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy a ten and thirty-nine hundredths (10.39) mills tax on all of the property subject to taxation in said District (an estimated $31,170 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 2016 and ending with the year 2025, with the proceeds of said tax to be dedicated and used for the purpose of maintaining the gymnasium and other K through 12 school buildings at Hornbeck High School, said millage to represent a thirty-nine hundredths of a mill (.39) increase over the 10 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2015 pursuant to an election held on November 12, 2005?

Shall the Parish of Vernon, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution and other constitutional and statutory authority, levy and collect a 1% sales and use tax (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 Parish (an estimated $6,010,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), all as defined by law, for a period of ten (10) years, from April 1, 2016, the proceeds of the Tax (after paying costs of collection and administration) to be used as follows: (a) a sum sufficient to provide for collecting and disposing of solid waste for the Parish, including operating and maintaining a recycling center/waste tipping station, and (b) retaining a dedicated reserve for solid waste purposes of at least six (6) months budgeted cost, and the remainder may be used for constructing, improving, operating and maintaining (i) public buildings, (ii) hard surface roads and bridges in the Parish and (iii) acquiring equipment therefor?

Shall the Parish of Vernon, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution and other constitutional and statutory authority, levy and collect a tax of 1/2% (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 Parish (an estimated $3,005,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), all as defined by law, for a period of 10 years from April 1, 2016, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying costs of collecting and administering the Tax) to be used as follows: A. 50% of the proceeds of the Tax to pay the cost of constructing, improving and maintaining public roads, highways and bridges in the Parish; and B. 50% of the proceeds of the Tax to pay the cost of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating Parishwide fire protection facilities?

Shall Road District No. Eight, Vernon Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy an eighteen and sixty-two hundredths (18.62) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $60,281 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 2016 and ending with the year 2025, to be used as follows: 1. 2/3 for the purpose of maintaining Parish roads and bridges within the District, and 2. 1/3 for the purpose of constructing and improving Parish roads and bridges within the District, said millage to represent a three and sixty-two hundredths mills (3.62) increase over the 15 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2015 pursuant to an election held on November 12, 2005?