Louisiana § RS 33:130.736 - Funding of the district

§ RS 33:130.736. Funding of the district

A.  The board may levy annually and cause to be collected an ad valorem tax, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of such tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose.

B.(1)  The board may levy and collect a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, provided the proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose.

(2)  The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution, and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq.

(3)  Except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 et seq. shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax, and procedural details necessary to supplement those sections and to make them applicable to the tax authorized in this Subsection shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the tax.

(4)  The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the district.

C.  Any tax levied under this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which the district or any other political subdivision within the district is now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.

D.  All funds derived under this Section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the district.

Acts 2007, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.