Ballot Items in Louisiana
Source: Stateline.org
Artwork taxes (Ballot Number 5)
This measure would exempt artwork from property taxes. Text of Ballot Item
Disabled vets (Ballot Number 1)
This measure would increase the homestead exemption for veterans of the armed forces or the Louisiana National Guard who were killed, captured, or permanently disabled. Text of Ballot Item
East Baton Rouge schools (Ballot Number 8)
This measure would treat the central community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish as a parish for the purpose of education funding under the Louisiana Constitution. Text of Ballot Item
New judges (Ballot Number 6)
This measure would allow the legislature to create new judgeships to handle family or juvenile matters. Text of Ballot Item
Rural hospital equipment taxes (Ballot Number 3)
This measure would provide an exemption in property taxes for rural hospitals that lease medical equipment for more than five years. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Coastal protection (Ballot Number 2)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would provide funds for post-Katrina restoration and protection projects by amending the constitution to require that 20 percent of any new proceeds from the state’s tobacco settlement to go into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Eminent domain (Ballot Number 5)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would prohibit state seizure of private property for private use. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Flood protection (Ballot Number 3)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would amend the constitution to authorize the legislature to establish regional flood protection authorities with the power to levy taxes subject to voter approval. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Homestead exemptions for revocable trusts (Ballot Number 11)
This measure, on the Sept. 30 ballot, would extend the homestead exemption to property owned by a revocable trust. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Hurricane recovery and coastal protection (Ballot Number 1)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would provide funds for post-Katrina restoration and protection projects by amending the constitution to ensure that any increase in federal royalty payments from offshore oil drilling would flow to coastal restoration and levee projects. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Judge qualifications (Ballot Number 13)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would amend the constitution to require candidates for the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals to have practiced law in the state for ten years prior to their election. Candidates for a district court, family court, parish court, or a juvenile court appointment would need to have practiced law in the state for eight years. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Lieutenant governor vacancies (Ballot Number 12)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would establish procedures for filling vacancies in the lieutenant governor's office and other statewide elective offices. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Medicaid trust fund (Ballot Number 7)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would amend the constitution to authorize investment in the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Property tax assessment (Ballot Number 8)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would amend the constitution to authorize the continuation of special assessment for property damaged or destroyed in a declared emergency or disaster. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: School board funding (Ballot Number 9)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would amend the constitution to prohibit any law, unless enacted by a two-thirds majority of the legislature, from being applicable to local educational bodies without providing or authorizing funding to local school boards. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: State use of private land for hurricane protection (Ballot Number 4)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would establish rules for compensation when the state takes control of private property for the purposes of hurricane protection projects. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: State-funded permanently endowed funds (Ballot Number 10)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would authorize the investment in stocks of up to 35 percent of the state-funded permanently endowed funds of public or private colleges and universities. Text of Ballot Item
Sept. 30: Transfer of state property (Ballot Number 6)
This measure, on the September 30 ballot, would prohibit state or local government agencies that take private property through eminent domain from later transferring the property to a private individual without first offering the property to the original owner. Text of Ballot Item
Severance taxes (Ballot Number 2)
This measure would increase the maximum amount parishes can receive for severance taxes on natural resources. Text of Ballot Item
Tax assessor election (Ballot Number 7)
This measure would create a single tax assessor in Orleans Parish, who would be elected at the same time as the other municipal officers of New Orleans. Text of Ballot Item
Vehicle taxes (Ballot Number 4)
This measure would exempt vehicles from the property municipalities can tax. Text of Ballot Item
