De Soto Parish

Shall Fire Protection District 1 of the Parish of DeSoto, State of Louisiana (the "District") levy a five (5) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $357,000 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 2018 and ending with the year 2027, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating the District's fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the District and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?

Shall Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of DeSoto, State of Louisiana (the "District"), assess and collect an annual service charge of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) from persons owning residential or commercial structures, whether occupied or unoccupied, located wholly or partly within the boundaries of the District (an estimated $160,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the service charge for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2018 and ending with the year 2027, which shall be used for the purpose of paying the costs of any fire protection services and emergency services incidental thereto provided by the District, and, for purposes of assessing and collecting said service charge, owners shall be charged for each residential or commercial structure which they own; each housing unit within a multiple dwelling structure shall be considered a separate structure; and a mobile home, as defined in R.S. 9:1149.2, shall be considered a structure, all as provided in R.S. 40:1502.16?

Shall the Parish of DeSoto, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), levy a special tax of one and twenty-six hundredths (1.26) mills on all property subject to taxation in the Parish (an estimated $852,000 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 2018 and ending with the year 2027, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the DeSoto Parish Courthouse and Courthouse Annex, said millage to represent a twenty-four hundredths of a mill (.24) increase over the 1.02 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2017 pursuant to an election held on February 9, 2008?

Shall the Town of Logansport, State of Louisiana (the "Town''), be authorized to continue to levy and collect a tax of one percent (1%) (the "Tax") (an estimated $140,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the Town, all as defined by law, for a period of twenty (20) years from and after March 1, 2018, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used for any corporate purpose, authorized by the laws of the State of Louisiana, and shall the Town be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into Bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring and improving capital improvements for the Town 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 DeSoto Parish, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a ninety-nine hundredths (.99) of a mill tax on all property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $664,000 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 2018 and ending with the year 2027, for the purpose of maintaining, operating and improving the District's waterworks system, including property, equipment and facilities necessary therefor?

Do you support an amendment to exempt from property taxes materials and other property delivered to a construction site to be made part of a building or other construction? (Adds Article VII, Section 21(N))

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 performing their duties as an emergency medical responder, technician, paramedic, volunteer firefighter, or a law enforcement or fire protection officer? (Effective January 1, 2018) (Amends Article VII, Section 21(M)(1))

Do you support an amendment that would dedicate any new tax levied on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels into the Construction Subfund, which solely shall be used for project delivery, construction, and maintenance of transportation and capital transit infrastructure projects and not for funding for the payment of employee wages and related benefits or employee retirement benefits? (Amends Article VII, Section 27(B))