Natchitoches Parish

Shall Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a special tax of seven and two hundredths (7.02) mills on all property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $226,000 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 2017 and ending with the year 2026, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in the District, including paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?

Shall Fire Protection District No. 10 of the Parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect an ad valorem tax of eight and seventy hundredths (8.70) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $47,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected for the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2017 and ending with the year 2026, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in the District, including paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?

Shall Sales Tax District No. 1 of the Parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana (the "District") whose boundaries are the Parish of Natchitoches excluding the area within the Town of Campti, be authorized to levy and collect for a period of ten (10) years from and after April 1, 2017, a tax of one-half percent (1/2%) (the "Tax") upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services within the District as defined by law, (an estimated $3,250,000 expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), with the proceeds thereof (after paying the expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated for construction, improving and maintaining public infrastructure within the District with one-half of such Tax revenues collected within the City of Natchitoches being expended for the construction, improving and maintaining of roads, bridges and drainage systems within the City of Natchitoches and the remainder of the proceeds of the Tax being expended for the construction, improving and maintaining of roads and bridges in the remainder of the District?

Shall Sales Tax District No. 2 of the Parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana (the "District") whose boundaries are the Parish of Natchitoches excluding the areas within the City of Natchitoches and the Town of Campti, be authorized to levy and collect for a period of ten (10) years from and after April 1, 2017, a tax of three-quarter of one percent (.75%) (the "Tax") upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services within the District as defined by law, (an estimated $1,500,000 expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), with the proceeds thereof (after paying the expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be dedicated for constructing, improving and maintaining public roads and bridges in the District?

Shall School District No. 9 of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000), in one or more series, to run not exceeding twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate or rates not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, 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 7 mills to be levied in the first year of issue to pay said Bonds?

Do you support an amendment to provide that the manner of appointment for the registrar of voters in each parish is as provided by law and to require the qualifications of the registrar to be provided by law? (Amends Article XI, Section 5)

Do you support an amendment to authorize the postsecondary education management boards to establish the tuition and mandatory fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision and management, without legislative approval? (Adds Article VIII, Section 7.2)

Do you support an amendment to eliminate the deductibility of federal income taxes paid in computing state corporate income taxes? (Effective January 1, 2017) (Amends Article VII, Section 4(A))

Do you support an amendment to authorize an exemption from ad valorem property tax for the total assessed value of the homestead of an unmarried surviving spouse of a person who died while on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States or the Louisiana National Guard, or while performing their duties as a state police, law enforcement, or fire protection officer? (Effective December 1, 2016) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(M))

Do you support an amendment to establish the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund for the deposit of recurring mineral and corporate tax revenues, to restrict the use of the fund to 10% of the balance when the balance reaches $5 billion, to restrict the use of the fund to construction projects and transportation infrastructure, and to allocate recurring mineral revenues to the payment of state employee retirement debt? (Adds Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(h), 10.15, and 10.16)

Do you support an amendment to authorize the use of up to five percent of current year appropriations or allocations from statutorily or certain constitutionally created funds or up to one percent of the current year's balances in certain constitutionally created funds to eliminate a projected deficit in the next fiscal year if the official forecast for the next fiscal year is less than the official forecast for the current fiscal year or if the official forecast has been reduced by at least one percent from the most recently adopted estimate for the ensuing fiscal year, and to exempt certain funds and mandates from being used to eliminate a projected deficit? (Amends Article VII, Section 10(F)(2)(b); adds Article VII, Section 10(F)(4)(h), (i), (j), (k), and (l))