Thursday, January 10, 2013 - Tangipahoa Parish Schools

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TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM _____ JANUARY 10, 2013adopted by said Parish School Board on January 10, 2013, ordering and calling aspecial election to be held in Consolidated School District No. 1 of the Parish ofTangipahoa, State of Louisiana, on May 4, 2013, to authorize the levy and collection ofa special tax therein; making application to the State Bond Commission; and providingfor other matters in connection therewith.IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the officialseal of said Parish School Board at Amite, Louisiana, on this, the 10th day of January,2013.(SEAL)______________________________Mark KolweSecretary-TreasurerIt was moved by Mr. Link, seconded by Ms. McDaniel, to approve a resolutionordering and calling a special election to be held in the Parish of Tangipahoa, state ofLouisiana, for school purposes, to authorize the rededication of a sales and use taxtherein; making application to the State Bond Commission in connection therewith; andproviding for other matters in connection therewith. Hearing no objection, the motionwas adopted. Following is the resolution as approved:RESOLUTIONA resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in the Parishof Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana, for school purposes, to authorize therededication of a sales and use tax therein; making application to theState Bond Commission in connection therewith; and providing for othermatters in connection therewith.BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Tangipahoa,State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of theParish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), for school purposes, that:SECTION 1. Election Call. Subject to the approval of the State BondCommission, and. under the authority conferred by Article VI, Section 29 of theConstitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, Section 2721.6 of Title 33 of theLouisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and the applicable provisions ofChapter 5, Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of the Louisiana Election Code, and otherconstitutional and statutory authority, a special election is hereby called and ordered tobe held in the Parish on SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013, between the hours of seven o'clock(7:00) a.m., and eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R. S.18:541, and at the said election there shall be submitted to all registered voters qualifiedand entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and laws of this State andthe Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:THE PARISH SCHOOL BOARDOF THE PARISH OF TANGIPAHOA, STATE OF LOUISIANASALES TAX PROPOSITION (REDEDICATION)Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State ofLouisiana (the "School Board"), be authorized to rededicate all of theproceeds received by the School Board from the levy and collection of a1% sales and use tax authorized at an election held on July 21, 2007 (the"Tax") (an estimated $17,000,000 is reasonably expected at this time tobe collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), so that allproceeds of said Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costsand expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) be allocated to theSchool Board to be used for: land acquisition, acquiring, constructing,
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM _____ JANUARY 10, 2013improving, maintaining, equipping and operating schools, including schoolrelated buildings, equipment and facilities; and/or paying salaries andbenefits for public school employees of the School Board; said Tax to besubject to funding into bonds from time to time for capital improvements inthe manner provided by the laws of Louisiana?SECTION 2. Publication of Notice of Election. A Notice of Special Election shallbe published in the Hammond Daily Star, a newspaper of general circulation within theParish, published daily in the City of Hammond, Louisiana, and being the official journalof the School Board, once a week for four consecutive weeks, with the first publicationto be made not less than forty-five (45) days nor more then ninety (90) days prior to thedate of the election, which Notice shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as"Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by reference the same as if it were set forth hereinin full.SECTION 3. Canvass. This Governing Authority shall meet at its regularmeeting place, the Parish School Board Office, Amite, Louisiana, on TUESDAY, MAY21, 2013, at SIX O'CLOCK (6:00) P.M., and shall then and therein open and publicsession proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the saidspecial election.SECTION 4. Polling Places. The polling places set forth in the aforesaid Noticeof Special Election are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the saidelection, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, will bethe same persons as those designated in accordance with law.SECTION 5. Election Commissioners: Voting Machines. The officers designatedto serve as Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners pursuant to Section 4hereof, or such substitutes therefor as maybe selected and designated in accordancewith La. R.S. 18:1287, shall hold the said special election as herein provided, and shallmake due returns of said election for the meeting of the Governing Authority to be heldon Tuesday, May 21, 2013, as provided in Section 3 hereof. All registered voters in theParish will be entitled to vote at the special election, and voting machines shall be used.SECTION 6. Authorization of Officers. The Secretary-Treasurer of the GoverningAuthority is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to arrange for and to furnish tosaid election officers in ample time for the holding of said election, the necessaryequipment, forms and other paraphernalia essential to the proper holding of saidelection and the President and/or Secretary-Treasurer of the Governing Authority arefurther authorized, empowered and directed to take any and all further action requiredby State and/or Federal law to arrange for the election, including but not limited to,appropriate submission to the Federal Department of Justice under Section 5 of theFederal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.SECTION 7. Furnishing Election Call to Election Officials. Certified copies of thisresolution shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, the Clerk of Court and Ex-OfficioParish Custodian of Voting Machines of Tangipahoa Parish and the Registrar of Votersof Tangipahoa Parish, as notification of the special election, in order that each mayprepare for said election and perform their respective functions as required by law.SECTION 8. Application to State Bond Commission. Application is made to theState Bond Commission for consent and authority to hold the special election as hereinprovided, and in the event said election carries for further consent and authority to levyand collect the sales and use tax provided for therein. A certified copy of this resolutionshall be forwarded to the State Bond Commission on behalf of this Governing Authority,together with a letter requesting the prompt consideration and approval of thisapplication.By virtue of the Parish School Board's application for, acting as the governingauthority of the Parish, acceptance and utilization of the benefits of the Louisiana State
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