Rapides Parish

Shall Fire Protection District No. 4 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a fifteen and thirty-four hundredths (15.34) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $937,474 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 constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equipment, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, the Tax to be a rededication of the District's fifteen and thirty-four hundredths (15.34) mills fire protection tax authorized to be levied through the year 2019 pursuant to an election held on July 19, 2008 (the "2008 Tax"), with the proceeds collected from the 2008 Tax being hereby rededicated for the purposes set forth above?

Shall Fire Protection District No. 7 of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a fourteen and twenty-six hundredths (14.26) mills tax on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $198,600 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 constructing, operating and maintaining fire protection and emergency medical service facilities, vehicles and equipment, including both movable and immovable property, that are to be used to provide fire protection and medical services in the District and paying the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, the Tax to be levied in lieu of the District's fourteen and twenty-four hundredths (14.24) mills fire protection tax authorized to be levied through the year 2019 pursuant to an election held on July 19, 2008 (the "2008 Tax"), with the proceeds collected from the 2008 Tax being hereby rededicated for the purposes set forth above?

Shall Road District No. 2B (Ward 11) of the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of ten (10) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the confines of the District, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2018 and ending with the year 2027 (an estimated $285,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and keeping in repair the public roads, highways, bridges and related drainage within said District?

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))