2011

26th Senatorial District – Special Election

Jonathon Perry (R)

Governor

David Blanchard (NP)

Lieutenant Governor

“Jay” Dardenne (R)

Secretary of State

“Tom” Schedler (R)

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry

Belinda “B” Alexandranko (Rfm)

Commissioner of Insurance

“Jim” Donelon (R)

Member, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education “BESE”

Dale Bayard (R)

State Representative – 42nd District

Anthony Emmons (R)

Clerk of Court

Robert T. “Robby” Barousse (D)

Assessor

“Mike” Goss (D)

Police Juror – District #1

Vernon “Step” Martin (D)

Police Juror – District #3

Julie LeJeune Borill (D)

Police Juror – District #4

Ellis J. “Pete” LeJeune (D)

Police Juror – District #5

Jimmie Pellerin (D)

Police Juror – District #6

John Beard (D)

Police Juror – District #7

Cade Benoit (D)

Police Juror – District #8

Robert J. Guidry (D)

Justice of the Peace (Special) – Ward 5

Lawrence “Rusty” Broussard, Jr. (D)

Alderman – Village of Morse (Special)

Chastity Richard Coats (D)

Proposed Constitutional Amendment #1

Summary: To dedicate funds for the TOPS program relative to the portion of the monies deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust each year from the Tobacco Master Settlement, to provide that once the balance in the Millennium Trust reaches a total of one billion three hundred eighty million dollars, one hundred percent of the annual Settlement Proceeds shall be allocated to the TOPS Fund to support state programs of financial assistance for students attending Louisiana postsecondary education institutions; to provide relative to the rate of tax on certain tobacco products and beginning July 1, 2012, to dedicate such tobacco revenues to the Health Excellence Fund to be used for the purposes of the fund, including providing for the optimal development of Louisiana’s children through the provision of appropriate health care and providing health care initiatives through innovation in advanced health care initiatives; to provide for the deposit, transfer, or credit of certain monies in the Millennium Trust to the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund, and the TOPS Fund.

For

Proposed Constitutional Amendment #2

Summary: To require in fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 that five percent of money designated in the official forecast as nonrecurring be applied toward the balance of the unfunded accrued liability which existed as of June 30, 1988, for the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana. To further require that in Fiscal year 2015-2016 and every fiscal year thereafter that ten percent of such nonrecurring revenue be applied to such purposes.

For

Proposed Constitutional Amendment #3

Summary: To authorize the legislature to establish a private custodial fund, designated as the Patient’s Compensation Fund, for the use, benefit, and protection of medical malpractice claimants and private health care provider members; to provide that assets of the fund shall not be state property.

For

Proposed Constitutional Amendment #4

Summary: To provide that if at any time mineral revenues exceed the base provided by law and monies are withdrawn from the Budget Stabilization Fund, no deposit of mineral revenues shall be made to the Budget Stabilization Fund in the same or ensuing fiscal year in which monies in the fund are appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast, except by specific legislative appropriation, and thereafter deposits of mineral revenues into the fund shall resume except in an annual amount not to exceed one-third of the most recent amount appropriated or incorporated into the official forecast.

For

Proposed Constitutional Amendment #5

Summary: To amend provisions relative to tax sales in order to maintain an existing exemption from the minimum bid requirements for tax sales in the city of New Orleans due to changes in populations according to the 2010 census.

For

Parish-wide Proposition – Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption

Summary: Authorizes an additional homestead exemption in the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana, for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Louisiana Constitution.

Yes

Sales Tax District #2 Proposition

Summary: 15 year, one percent (1%) sales and use tax renewal with the proceeds of the tax to be dedicated and used for repairing, constructing, improving and maintaining Parish roads and bridges in the unincorporated areas of Acadia Parish, including incidental drainage in connection therewith and acquiring equipment therefor.

Yes

City of Crowley Proposition – Sales and Use Tax Levy City Infrastructure & Capital Improvements

Summary: 1/2%, 15 years sales and use tax levy for acquiring, constructing, maintaining and improving infrastructure and capital improvements within the City, with the proceeds of the tax to be subject to funding into bonds.

Yes

Fire Protection District #1 Proposition #1 – Tax Renewal

Summary: 10 year, 4.83 mills property tax renewal for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for Fire Protection District #1, and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes.

Yes

Fire Protection District #1 Proposition #2 – Tax Renewal

Summary: 10 year, 3 mills property tax renewal for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for Fire Protection District #1, and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes.

Yes

Police Juror – District #1 Run-off

Dale Trahan (D)

Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Summary: To prohibit the levy of new taxes or fees upon the sale or transfer of immovable property, including documentary transaction taxes or fees, or any other tax or fee, by the state or any of its political subdivisions after November 30, 2011.

For

Acadia/St. Landry Hospital Service District Proposition – Tax Renewal

Summary: 10 year. 7.67 mills tax renewal for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating the hospital facilities of the District.

Yes