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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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 voting on the proposition at 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 voting on the proposition at 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 in accordance with Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
(3) Except where inapplicable, the procedure established in Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax, and procedural details necessary to supplement such provisions and to make them applicable to the tax authorized by this Subsection shall be fixed in the ordinance imposing the tax.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 130.805. Funding sources; ad valorem tax; sales and use tax - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-33-sect-130-805/
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