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RS 47:338.188

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RS 47:338.188
§338.188. West Carroll Parish Police Jury; authority to levy additional sales and use tax
A.(1) The West Carroll Parish Police Jury is hereby authorized to levy and collect an additional one-half of one percent sales and use tax within the parish of West Carroll under the provisions of Article VI, Paragraph 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, which shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes which the police jury is authorized to levy and collect, including without limitations the taxes authorized by R.S. 47:338.54.
(2)Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the West Carroll Parish Police Jury is hereby authorized to levy and collect an additional one-half of one percent sales and use tax within the parish of West Carroll under the provisions of Article VI, Paragraph 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, which shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes which the police jury is authorized to levy and collect, including without limitations the taxes authorized by Paragraph
(1)of this Subsection and R.S. 47:338.54.
B. The proceeds of the sales and use taxes authorized by this Section shall be used for such purposes as are determined by the police jury, including the funding of a portion of the avails of the tax into bonds in the manner provided by law.
C. The sales and use taxes so levied shall be imposed by ordinance of the police jury, and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property, and on sales of services in the parish of West Carroll, all as defined in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle. The ordinance imposing the tax shall be adopted by the police jury only after the question of the imposition of the tax has been submitted to the qualified electors of the parish of West Carroll at an election to be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Louisiana, and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the imposition of the tax.
D. The sales and use taxes authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes being collected by the police jury, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle.
Acts 1995, No. 34, §1, eff. May 25, 1995; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 92, §1, eff. May 10, 1996; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2738.80 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.
NOTE: ACTS 1996, 1ST EX. SESS., NO. 92, §2, RELATIVE TO APPLICABILITY TO THIS TAX EXEMPTION IS AUTHORIZED BY ACTS 1996, 1ST EX. SESS., NO. 38.
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