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Louisiana Salaries for Law Enforcement, Amendment 1 (October 2007)
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The Louisiana Salaries for Law Enforcement Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Louisiana on October 20, 2007, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that the supplemental pay for full-time local police officers and firefighters should be protected in the constitution.[1][2]
Election results
| Louisiana Amendment 1 (October 2007) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 675,775 | 59.03% | ||
| No | 469,006 | 40.97% | ||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Act 483 (2007 Regular Session) amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(3)(a) and(c).
Present Constitution requires the legislature to provide by law for the payment by the state of supplements to the salaries of full-time local law enforcement and fire protection officers of the state. Further provides that the legislature shall appropriate funds sufficient to fully fund the cost of such state supplements. Proposed Constitutional Amendment prohibits the reduction of any payments by the state of salary supplements to full-time local law enforcement and fire protection officers of the state. Present Constitution provides that full funding of salary supplements to full-time local law enforcement and fire protection officers of the state shall be equal to the amount which is required to meet the requirements of law in effect on July 1, 2001. Proposed Constitutional Amendment provides that full funding of salary supplements to full-time local law enforcement and fire protection officers of the state shall be equal to the amount which is required to meet the requirements of law.[3][4] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," October 20, 2007
- ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "STATEMENT OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS October 20, 2007," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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