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Parishwide Proposition No. 2 of 2
(In Lieu of Millage)

Shall the Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana (the "Parish") be authorized to levy a special tax of 8.00 mills (the "Tax") in lieu of the 3.34 mill tax approved by voters on December 6, 2014 and currently being levied by the Parish, on all property subject to taxation in the Parish (an estimated $7,800,000.00 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning in 2023 and ending in 2032, for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating drainage works and roads in the Parish, including the acquisition, operation and maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment and the costs of salaries related thereto, such levy of the Tax to be conditioned upon the discontinued levy of the following taxes: 1) the 0.90 mill tax authorized by voters on November 21, 2015 currently levied by Drainage District No. 1; 2) the 4.62 mill tax authorized by voters on November 18, 2017 currently levied by Fifth Ward Gravity Drainage District No. 5; and 3) the 5.00 mill tax authorized by voters on November 18, 2017 currently levied by Road District No. 1?

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