The East Feliciana Parish School Board may levy and collect a 1% sales tax in East Feliciana Parish, but the tax must be adopted by ordinance after voter approval.
§338.143. East Feliciana Parish School Board; sales tax levy authorized; purpose; use of proceeds A. The East Feliciana Parish School Board is hereby authorized to levy and collect a sales tax of one per cent within the parish of East Feliciana as hereinafter set forth. B. The sales tax so levied shall be imposed by an ordinance of the East Feliciana Parish School Board and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the parish, all as presently defined in R.S. 47:301 through 317; provided, however, that the ordinance imposing said tax shall be adopted by the school board only after the question of the imposition of the tax shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the parish at an election to be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Louisiana and the majority of those voting in said election shall have voted in favor of the adoption of such ordinance. C. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and pursuant to the definitions, practices and procedures set forth in R.S. 47:301 through 317. D. The ordinance imposing said tax and any amendments thereto shall specify the purpose or purposes for which the tax is imposed and the revenues derived therefrom shall be dedicated and used solely for said purposes. Added by Acts 1965, No. 78, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2738 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.