A.  The Ouachita Parish School Board is hereby authorized to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax not in excess of one percent within the parish of Ouachita, excluding the city of Monroe.

B.  In accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Paragraph 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the additional sales and use tax provided in this Section shall be authorized to exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Paragraph 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana and shall be in addition to the limit set by La. Rev. Stat. 47:338.54.

C.  The sales and use tax so levied shall be imposed by ordinance of the Ouachita Parish School Board and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, lease or rental, consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services in Ouachita Parish, excluding the city of Monroe, all as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 47:301 through 317.  However, the ordinance imposing said tax shall be adopted by the Ouachita Parish School Board only after the question of the imposition of the tax shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of Ouachita Parish, excluding the city of Monroe, at an election to be conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state of Louisiana, and the majority of those voting in said election shall have voted in favor of the imposition of the tax.

D.  This tax shall be in addition to all other authorized sales and use taxes and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 47:301 through 317.

Acts 1995, No. 3, §1, eff. May 17, 1995; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:2737.60 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.