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Statutes > Louisiana > Rs > Title17 > Rs17-1380§1380. Junior college districts; school boards' authority to create; special taxes
The parish school boards of the several parishes of the State of Louisiana, the Parish of Orleans excepted, may create junior college districts, each district to comprise an entire parish, and establish junior colleges within the districts. Pursuant to the Constitution of Louisiana, they may also hold and conduct special elections within the districts created, for the purpose of levying special taxes not to exceed two mills on all taxable property within the districts for a period of ten years to derive funds for constructing, aiding, supporting and maintaining the junior colleges. The tax levied shall not exceed the millage provided for under Section 10, Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana.1 The proceeds of these taxes shall be turned over to the parish school boards calling the elections, and placed in a special fund dedicated and reserved for the purposes above set forth.
1LSA-Const.1921, Art. 10, §10.
