RS 130.444 - Funding of the district
A. The board may, when necessary, levy annually within the district an ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills on the assessed value of property within the district, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set forth in a proposition which shall be first approved by a majority of the members of the governing authority of Madison Parish, and shall then be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting on the proposition at a special election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
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 for in the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one percent, if first approved by a majority of the members of the governing authority of Madison Parish, and then if further approved by a majority of the electors of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for the purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.
(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 Chapter 2 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(3) The tax shall be imposed, collected, and enforced subject to the terms of the resolution imposing the tax and the provisions of Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(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 a parish or any municipality or other political subdivision within the parish of Madison is now or hereafter may be authorized to levy and collect and may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Acts 2010, No. 558, §1, eff. June 25, 2010.