Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Property Tax for Police (April 2018)
| Baton Rouge Property Tax for Police |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| April 28, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local law enforcement |
| Related articles |
| Local law enforcement on the ballot April 28, 2018 ballot measures in Louisiana Local Ballot Measures Local property tax on the ballot |
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| Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
A property tax to fund the police department was on the ballot for Baton Rouge voters in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on April 28, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the city to continue to levy for ten years a property tax at the rate of .87 mill ($87 per $100,000 of assessed value) to fund the three-platoon police system in the police department. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing the city to continue to levy for ten years a property tax at the rate of .87 mill to fund the three-platoon police system in the police department. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 9,670 | 63.4% | ||
| No | 5,580 | 36.6% | ||
- Election results can be viewed here.
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall the City of Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (the “City”), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 30(A) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect a 0.87 mills ad valorem tax on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation within the boundaries of the City (the “Tax”) (an estimated $1,696,570 is reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the tax collection for the year 2018, and annually thereafter, to and including the year 2027, and shall the proceeds of said Tax be used entirely and exclusively to provide funds to enable the City of Baton Rouge to provide a three-platoon police system in the Police Department of the City of Baton Rouge?[2] |
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Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Footnotes
- ↑ City of Baton Rouge, "Metropolitan Council Minutes," January 10, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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