§338.125.  Caldwell Parish School Board; authority to levy additional sales and use tax

A.  The Caldwell Parish School Board is hereby authorized to levy and collect an additional one percent sales and use tax within the parish of Caldwell under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, which tax shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes which the school board is authorized to levy and collect, including without limitation the taxes authorized in R.S. 47:338.54.

B.  The proceeds of the tax herein authorized shall be used for such purposes as are determined by the school board.

C.  The sales and use tax so levied shall be imposed by resolution of the Caldwell 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 of Caldwell, all as defined in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle; provided that the resolution imposing the tax shall be adopted by the Caldwell Parish School Board only after the question of the imposition of the tax has been submitted to the qualified electors of the parish of Caldwell 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 the election have voted in favor of the imposition of the tax.

D.  This tax shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes being collected by the school board and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle.

Acts 1996, No. 3, §1, eff. May 31, 1996; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2737.63 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.