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November 7, 2006
General Elections
Proposed Amendment No. 1
Act
511 of the 2005 Regular Session
To extend the special assessment level to homesteads owned and occupied by
any person with a service-connected disability rating of fifty percent or more
and by certain members of the armed forces of the United States or members of
the Louisiana National Guard killed or missing in action or who were
prisoners of war, and to any person designated as permanently totally
disabled, subject to other conditions and requirements provided under the
present constitution, and to require annual certification of eligibility by
persons under sixty-five years of age who have qualified and received the
special assessment level. (AMENDS Article VII, Section
18(G)(1)(a)(i) and (iii) and 2(a); ADDS Article VII, Section
18(G)(1)(a)(iv))
Proposed Amendment No. 2
Act
864 of the 2006 Regular Session
To increase the maximum amount of the severance tax imposed and collected by
the state on natural resources, other than sulphur, lignite, and timber,
which is remitted to the parish governing authority where the severance
occurs from seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to eight hundred fifty
thousand dollars effective July 1, 2007, and provides that this maximum amount
be increased to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index beginning
July 1, 2008. (AMENDS Article VII, Section
4(D))
Proposed Amendment No. 3
Act
510 of the 2005 Regular Session
To exempt from ad valorem property tax medical equipment leased for a term
exceeding five years to a nonprofit corporation or association which owns or
operates a small, rural hospital and if the equipment is used solely for
health care purposes at the hospital; to provide that "small, rural
hospital" shall mean a hospital which meets all of the following
criteria:(1) It has less than fifty Medicare-licensed acute care beds. (2) It
is located in a municipality with a population of less than ten thousand
which has been classified as an area with a shortage of health manpower by
the United States Health Service. (AMENDS Article VII, Section
21(B)(1)(a))
Proposed Amendment No. 4
Act
512 of the 2005 Regular Session
Exempts motor vehicles from municipal ad valorem taxes and removes language
that authorizes a municipal governing authority or a district thereof to
impose ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles. (AMENDS Article VII, Section
21(E))
Proposed Amendment No. 5
Act
509 of the 2005 Regular Session
To exempt consigned art from ad valorem property tax; that is, all artworks
such as sculptures, glass works, paintings, drawings, signed and numbered
posters, photographs, mixed media, collages, or any other item which would be
considered as the material result of a creative endeavor. (Effective January
1, 2007) (ADDS Article VII, Section 21(C)(19))
Proposed Amendment No. 6
Act
862 of the 2006 Regular Session
To authorize the legislature to enact laws establishing new judgeships of
district courts as new divisions having limited or specialized jurisdiction
within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court and subject matter
jurisdiction over family or juvenile matters as provided by law. (Effective
January 1, 2007.) (AMENDS Article V, Section
15(A))
Proposed Amendment No. 7
Act
863 of the 2006 Regular Session
To provide for a single tax assessor in Orleans Parish to be elected at the
same time as the municipal officers of New Orleans. (AMENDS Article
VII, Section 24)
Proposed Amendment No. 8
Act
861 of the 2006 Regular Session
To grant the Central community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the
same authority granted parishes for purposes of Article VIII, Section 13 of
the Constitution of Louisiana, including purposes related to the minium
foundation program, funding for certain school books and instructional
materials, and the raising of certain local revenues for the support of
elementary and secondary schools. (AMENDS Article VIII, Section
13(D)(1))
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