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2011 ELECTIONS

The following Constitutional Amendments will also appear on the ballot during the upcoming Primary Election to be held on 22 OCT 2011.

  • Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1

To dedicate funds for the TOPS program relative to the portion of the monies deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust each year from the Tobacco Master Settlement, to provide that once the balance in the Millennium Trust reaches a total of one billion three hundred eighty million dollars, one hundred percent of the annual Settlement Proceeds shall be allocated to the TOPS Fund to support state programs of financial assistance for students attending Louisiana postsecondary education institutions; to provide relative to the rate of tax on certain tobacco products and beginning July 1, 2012, to dedicate such tobacco revenues to the Health Excellence Fund to be used for the purposes of the fund, including providing for the optimal development of Louisiana's children through the provision of appropriate health care and providing health care initiatives through innovation in advanced health care sciences; to provide for the deposit, transfer, or credit of certain monies in the Millennium Trust to the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund, and the TOPS Fund. ( Amends Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(1)(c), (A)(2)(3), and (4) and (C)(1) and adds Article VII, Section 4.1)

_____ FOR _____ AGAINST

 

  • Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2

To require in Fiscal Years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 that five percent of money designated in the official forecast as nonrecurring be applied toward the balance of the unfunded accrued liability which existed as of June 30, 1988, for the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana. To futher require than in Fiscal Year 2015-2016 and every fiscal year thereafter that ten percent of such nonrecurring revenue be applied to such purposes. (Amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b) )

    _____ FOR _____ AGAINST

 

  • Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3

  
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    offers a more in-depth coverage of the various amendments.

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    To authorize the legislature to establish a private custodial fund, designated as the Patient's Compensation Fund, for the use, benefit, and protection of medical malpractice claimants and private health care provider members; to provide that assets of the fund shall not be state property. (Adds Article XII, Section 16 )

    _____ FOR _____ AGAINST

     

    • Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4

    To provide that if at any time mineral revenues exceed the base provided by law and monies are withdrawn from the Budget Stabilization Fund, no deposit of mineral revenues shall be made to the Budget Stabilization Fund in the same or ensuing fiscal year in which monies in the fund are appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast, except by specific legislative appropriation, and thereafter deposits of mineral revenues into the fund shall resume except in an annual amount not to exceed one-third of the most recent amount appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast. (Adds Article VII, Section 10.3(C)(5) )

    _____ FOR _____ AGAINST

     

    • Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5

    To amend provisions relative to tax sales in order to maintain an existing exemption form the minimum bid requirements for tax sales in the city of New Orleans due to changes in populations according to the 2010 census. (Amends Article VII, Section 25(A)(2) )

    _____ FOR _____ AGAINST

     

     

    2011 PRIMARY ELECTION DEADLINES etc.

    ELECTION DAY 22 OCT 2011

    The following deadlines have been established for the REGULARLY SCHEDULED Primary Elections to be held on 22 OCT 2011.
     

    • 05 AUG 2011
      • Last Day for Proclamations calling SPECIAL ELECTIONS
         
    • 09 AUG 2011
      • Last day to submit Nominating Petitions
        ( 30 Days prior to End of Qualifying )
         
    • 12 AUG 2011
      • Last Day for Secretary of State to receive PROPOSITIONS for the 22 OCT 2011 Primary Election.
         
    • 06 SEP 2011 – 08 SEP 2011
      • QUALIFYING for Primary Election [Qualifying closes at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 08 SEP 2011]
         
    • 15 SEP 2011
      • Last day to file objection to candidacy in Primary Election. ( Until 4:30 p.m. on the 7th day after the close of Qualifying )
         
    • 21 SEP 2011
      • LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE in Primary Election
         
    • 23 AUG 2011 – 18 OCT 2011
      • ABSENTEE – BY – MAIL VOTING **
        **Other time limits apply in special circumstances. Call Registrar for info.
         
    • 08 OCT 2011
      • EARLY VOTING BEGINS
        ( Held daily 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. )
        ( Saturday 08 OCT - Saturday 15 OCT less and except Sunday )
         
    • 15 OCT 2011
      • EARLY VOTING ENDS at 6:00 p.m.
         
    • 22 OCT 2011
      • PRIMARY ELECTION DAY

     

    PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD 22 OCT 2011 in Tangipahoa Parish

    • Governor
       
    • Lt. Governor
       
    • Secretary of State
       
    • Attorney General
       
    • Treasurer
       
    • Commissioner of Agriculture
       
    • Commissioner of Insurance
       
    • Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
       
    • State Senators ( Districts 06, 11, and 12 )
       
    • State Representatives ( Districts 62, 72, 73, 74, and 77 )
       
    • Sheriff
       
    • Clerk of Court
       
    • Assessor
       
    • Coroner
       
    • Parish President
       
    • Tangipahoa Parish Council

     

    PROPOSITION ELECTIONS TO BE HELD 22 OCT 2011

    Authorization of an additional homestead exemption in the Parish of Tangipahoa for certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.

    Hammond Downtown Development District Millage RENEWAL -

    "Shall the Hammond Downtown Development District, State of Louisiana (the "District" ), continue to levy a special tax of fourteen and sixteen hundredths

    ( 14.16 ) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the District ( an estimated $168,000.00 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 2014 and ending with the year 2023, inclusive, which tax will be subject to homestead exemption as provided by La. R.S. 33:2740.15(E)(3), for the purpose of constructing, renovating, acquiring, operating or maintaining facilities contemplated by the District’s redevelopment plan and for the operating expenses of the District, including, without limitation, funding neighborhood grants for residential areas east and west and providing matching funds for inducement of development of the District?"

    [ THERE MAY BE OTHER PROPOSITIONS ADDED PRIOR TO THE DEAD-LINE OF 12 AUGUST 2011. If such are posted/filed, we will announce them here on our Website. ]

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