Louisiana Programs to Assist Farmers, Amendment 10 (2002)

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The Louisiana Programs to Assist Farmers, Amendment 10 was on the ballot in Louisiana on November 5, 2002, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to create a Drought Protection Trust Fund and to pay farmers to refrain from using groundwater in drought conditions.[1][2][3]

Election results

Louisiana Amendment 10 (2002)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No541,75454.46%
Yes452,99145.54%

Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

To authorize the legislature by law to establish and implement programs to assist farmers who voluntarily forgo irrigating with groundwater for agricultural production for the purpose of protecting, conserving, or replenishing groundwater supply during periods of drought or to provide for the development and enhancement of surface water resources for use by farmers for irrigation purposes, or both, and to provide for and maintain a permanent trust fund to provide revenue to fund such assistance; to establish the Drought Protection Trust Fund as a special fund in the state treasury; to provide for sources of monies in the fund and use of the fund.[4][5]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," November 5, 2002
  2. ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
  3. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2002 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
  4. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2002 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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