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

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

B.  The proceeds of the tax herein authorized shall be dedicated exclusively for supplementing the salaries of teachers and other employees of the Calcasieu Parish School Board.

C.  The sales and use tax so levied shall be imposed by resolution of the Calcasieu 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 Chapter 2 of this Subtitle; provided that the resolution imposing the tax shall be adopted by the Calcasieu Parish School Board only after the question of the imposition of the tax has 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, 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 taxes and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle.

Acts 1995, No. 2, §1, eff. May 15, 1995; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2737.59 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.

NOTE:  See Acts 1995, No. 2, §2 relative to termination of authority to call election.