§338.115.  Assumption Parish School Board; authority to levy additional sales and use tax; use of proceeds

A.  The Assumption Parish School Board is hereby authorized to levy and collect an additional one percent sales and use tax within the parish of Assumption under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

B.  The proceeds of the tax herein authorized shall be used to provide additional funds for the installation, maintenance, and operation of air conditioning systems in parish schools, including the payment of additional utility costs, and including the funding of a portion of the avails of the said tax into bonds in the manner provided by Subpart F, Part III, Chapter 4, Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and to provide additional funds for the payment of salaries of teachers and other school employees to the extent funds are available.

C.  The sales and use tax so levied shall be imposed by resolution of the Assumption Parish School Board and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, lease, rental, consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services in the parish, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 through 317.  The resolution imposing said tax shall be adopted by the Assumption Parish School Board only after the question of the imposition of the tax shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the parish at an election to be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Louisiana, and a majority of those voting in said election shall have voted in favor of the imposition of the tax.

D.  This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in R.S. 47:301 through 317.

Acts 1991, No. 186, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2737.53 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.