Louisiana 2008 General Election Ballot Measures
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Amendment 1 |
Summary: To provide term
limits for member of the Public Service Commission, the State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, the Board of
Supervisors for the University of Louisiana, Louisiana State University,
Southern University, and Community and Technical Colleges, Forestry Commission,
Civil Service Commission and Police Commission.
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Amendment 2
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Summary: To require a
proclamation which calls the legislature into extraordinary session to be
issued at least seven calendar days prior to the convening of the legislature
in extraordinary session.
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Amendment 3
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Summary: To require the
legislature to provide by law for the prompt and temporary succession to the
powers and duties of a legislator if the legislator is unavailable to perform
his functions or duties due to being ordered to active duty in the armed
services of the United States.
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Amendment 4 |
Summary:
To increase the maximum amount of severance tax imposed and collected on
natural resources for certain parishes. It would increase maximum amounts
remitted in severance taxes, defines “excess severance tax,” and provides
specific guidelines and percentages for the use of the collected severance taxes and excess severance taxes.
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Amendment 5
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Summary: To authorize the
transfer of the special assessment level on property when the property for
which the special assessment level applies has been sold to or expropriated by
the federal government, state government, or a local governing authority or
political subdivision.
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Amendment 6 |
Summary: To provide an
exception to requirements of first refusal by the owner prior to sale and
certain procedures for declaration of property as surplus property, when
property is taken for the public purpose of removal of a threat to public
health or safety caused by the existing use or disuse of the property.
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Amendment 7 |
Summary: To authorize the
investment in equities of monies of the state and a political subdivision which
have been reserved to provide for post-employment benefits other than pensions.
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