Louisiana 2006 ballot measures

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Twenty-one statewide ballot questions appeared on the November 2006 ballot in the state of Louisiana.

On the primary ballot

Type Title Subject Description Result
LR Question 1 Environmental Fund Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Fund Approved
LR Question 2 Tobacco Tobacco Securitization Funds Act Approved
LR Question 3 Wetlands Regional Flood Protection Authorities Act Approved
LR Question 4 Property rights Compensation Paid for Taking of, or Loss or Damage to Property Rights Act Approved
LR Question 5 Eminent Domain Prohibit the expropriation of property by the state or a political subdivision Approved
LR Question 6 Property rights Prohibit, except in limited instances, the transfer or lease of property Approved
LR Question 7 Health Care Authorize the investment in equities of up to thirty-five percent of the Medicaid Trust Fund Approved
LR Question 8 Property Tax Authorize the continuation of the homestead exemption Approved
LR Question 9 Education To provide that no law requiring increased expenditures shall be applicable to any city Approved
LR Question 10 Education Retains present law and provides an exception to investment in stocks of up to 35% Approved
LR Question 11 Property Taxes Extend Homestead Exemption Act Approved
LR Question 12 Elected Officials To provide for the filling of vacancies in the lieutenant governor's office Approved
LR Question 13 Judiciary A person shall have been admitted to the practice of law for ten years preceding supreme court Approved

On the general ballot

Type Title Subject Description Result
LR Question 1 Property taxes Extend the special assessment level to homesteads owned Approved
LR Question 2 Taxes Increase the maximum amount of the severance tax Approved
LR Question 3 Health Care ad valorem property tax medical equipment leased for a term exceeding five years to a nonprofit corporation Approved
LR Question 4 Transportation Exempts motor vehicles from municipal ad valorem taxes Approved
LR Quesion 5 Property Tax Exempt consigned art from ad valorem property tax Approved
LR Question 6 Judiciary Authorize the legislature to enact laws establishing new judgeships of district courts Approved
LR Question 7 Taxes To provide for a single tax assessor in Orleans Parish Approved
LR Question 8 Education Grant school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted parishes Approved

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