Louisiana 1999 ballot measures

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Sixteen ballot measures appeared on the Louisiana ballot in 1999. Ten were on primary election ballots (five of these were approved and five defeated), and six were on the November general election ballot--all of these were approved.

Primary election ballot

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Amendment 1 Taxes Prohibit the legislature from considering measures which result in an increase in tax liability in an odd-numbered year Defeated
LRCA Amendment 2 Tobacco Establish the Millennium Trust and the Louisiana Fund for tobacco settlement monies Approved
LRCA Amendment 3 Budgets Remove constitutional restrictions which prohibit state from having a biennial budget cycle Defeated
LRCA Amendment 4 Budgets Authorize the legislature to supplement police department uniform pay plans from other available funds Defeated
LRCA Amendment 5 State Government Donations of movable surplus property between political subdivisions Defeated
LRCA Amendment 6 Louisiana Allow donations by state of asphalt from state roads to local governments Approved
LRCA Amendment 7 Education Prohibit reduction of state general fund appropriations below certain amounts for public institutions of higher education Defeated
LRCA Amendment 8 Law Enforcement Limit automatic pardon provision to persons convicted of a non-violent crime Approved
LRCA Amendment 9 Education Remove the grant to the school system operated in Wards 9, 10 and 11 of Rapides Parish Approved
LRCA Amendment 10 Taxes Ad valorem tax rates for owners of historical property act Defeated

General election ballot

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Amendment 1 Judiciary Governor may not unilaterally mitigate sentences of those convicted of crimes against state Approved
LRCA Amendment 2 State Fund Investment State treasurer may invest money from various state trusts in the stock market Approved
LRCA Amendment 3 Education Zachary Community School System given same authority granted parishes Approved
LRCA Amendment 4 Labor Worker's Compensation Corporation via statutory actions Approved
LRCA Amendment 5 Labor Workers' Compensation Corporation not exempt from various Insurance Code requirements Approved
LRCA Amendment 6 Judiciary Those 70 years of age and older exempt from jury service at their discretion Approved

See also

Laws and history

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