On December 6, 2014, the voters of the parish approved the renewal of
a one-half (^2%) percent sales and use tax. The tax is for a ten-year
period from April 1, 2016, and may be used to fund and retire bonds as
provided by Louisiana Revised Statute 39:698.
The proceeds of the ^2% tax are to be used as follows: 1) Fifty
percent of the proceeds of the tax (one-quarter of one percent) is
used to construct, improve, and maintain public roads, highways, and
bridges in the parish. 2) Fifty percent of the proceeds of the tax
(one-quarter of one percent) is used to construct, acquire, improve,
maintain and operate parish-wide fire protection facilities.
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https://app.lla.state.la.us/publicreports.nsf/0/e988c29aa35db42c8625844100547be3/$file/0001d721.pdf