De Soto Parish

Shall Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of Desoto, State of Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to continue to levy a 10 mills tax (the "Tax") on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $629,300 expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2026 and ending with the year 2035, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating the District's fire protection facilities and equipment, including paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, provided that a portion of the Tax proceeds is required to be contributed to state and statewide retirement systems as provided in R.S. 11:82?

Shall Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of Desoto, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to assess and collect an annual service charge of $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 10 years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2037, 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"), having been previously authorized at an election held on May 16, 1981 to levy a 1/4% sales and use tax (the "Tax")(an estimated $2,000,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), be authorized to rededicate the proceeds of the Tax heretofore or hereafter collected as follows: (i) 60% to be used for constructing, acquiring, extending, improving, operating and maintaining parish libraries and (ii) 40% to be used for any lawful purpose of the Parish, including, but not limited to, supporting the general fund?

Do you support an amendment to allow the supreme court to sanction a judge upon an investigation by the judiciary commission, and provide that the recommended sanction shall be instituted by the judiciary commission or by a majority of the supreme court, and to provide for the appointment of five members of the judiciary commission? (Amends Article V, Section 25(C); adds Article V, Section 25(A)(4))

Do you support an amendment to require that the legislature wait for at least forty-eight hours prior to concurring in a conference committee report or amendments to a bill appropriating money? (Adds Article III, Section 16(F))

Do you support an amendment to allow the legislature to extend a regular session in increments of two days up to a maximum of six days if necessary to pass a bill appropriating money? (Amends Article III, Sections 2(A)(3)(a) and (4)(a); Adds Article III, Section 2(A)(5))

Do you support an amendment to eliminate mandatory tax sales for nonpayment of property taxes and require the legislature to provide for such procedures by law; to limit the amount of penalty and interest on delinquent property taxes; and to provide for the postponement of property tax payments under certain circumstances? (Amends Article VII, Section 25)