Tensas Parish

Shall Lake Bruin Recreation and Water Conservation District (the "District"), be authorized to levy and collect an annual parcel fee of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) on each lot, subdivided portion of ground or individual tract in the District identified by an individual assessment number on the assessment rolls of Tensas Parish, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2018 and ending with the year 2027 (an estimated $20,850 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the service charge for an entire year), for the purpose of paying the costs of operation of the District, including management and control of water levels and aquatic plant growth within the District and protection and preservation of the works, improvements and properties owned or controlled by the District?

Shall Parishwide Fire Protection District No. 1 of the Parish of Tensas, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy a special tax of seven and thirty-one hundredths (7.31) mills on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $404,720 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 2019 and ending with the year 2028, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the District and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, said millage to represent a one and thirty-one hundredths mills (1.31) increase over the 6 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2018 pursuant to an election held on July 21, 2007?

Shall the Parish of Tensas, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), under the provisions of law, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one-fourth of one percent (1/4%) (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 in the Parish, all as defined by law (an estimated $103,624 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for the first year), for a period of ten (10) years from and after October 1, 2019, with the avails or proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used to provide fire protection in the Parish through the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation and maintenance of equipment, property and facilities for fire protection purposes, including payment of personnel costs and the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?

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))