The district may levy and collect a sales and use tax if the proposition is approved by a majority of qualified electors, with a rate capped at one-half of one percent.
§130.210. Sales and use tax authorization A.(1) The district may levy and cause to be collected a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as may be provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one-half of one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, provided that the proposition is approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in the election held for such purpose. (2) Such an election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code and at the time another election is being conducted throughout the state. (3) The duration of the tax set forth in the proposition shall not exceed five years; however, such tax may be renewed for an additional period not to exceed five years. B.(1) The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, consumption, the distribution, and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq. (2) Except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 et seq. shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax, and procedural details necessary to supplement those Sections and to make them applicable to the tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the tax. C. The sales and use tax authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which an economic development district is now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect. Acts 1994, No. 12, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 2003, No. 1179, §1.