Article

Election

Ballot #

Amendment

Pass or Fail

Article I: Declaration of Rights

I

11/02/10

 

8

Sale of Expropriated Property

I

11/02/10

 

10

Waivers of Jury Trials for Criminal Defendents

I

09/30/06

 

6

Procedures to Transfer Expropriated Property
Pass

I

09/30/06

 

5

 

Limits on Expropriation of Private Property

Pass

I

11/02/04

1
Freedom to Hunt, Fish & Trap
Pass

I

10/04/03

3
Coastal Restoration Liability
Pass

I

10/04/03

12
Contraband
Pass

I

10/03/98

4

Crime Victims' Rights

Pass

I

10/03/98

6

Bail Denial

Pass

I

10/03/98

9

Felon in Public Office

Pass

I

10/03/98

11

State Sovereignty

Pass

I

10/03/98

14

Jury Requirements

Pass

I

11/18/95

1

Jury Instruction

Pass

I

10/07/89

4

Drug Property Seizure

Pass

Article II: Distribution of Powers

Article III: Legislative Branch

III

11/02/10

1
Salary Increases for Elected Officials

III

10/02/10

1
Legislative Session Dates

III

10/04/03

14
Legislative Auditor's Political Activity

Fail

III

11/05/02

1
Legislative Sessions

Pass

III

10/23/99

1

Legislative Sessions

Fail

III

10/23/99

3

Biennial State Budgeting

Fail

III

10/21/95

2

Term Limits for Legislators

Pass

III

10/21/95

8

Local Hunting or Fishing Laws

Fail

III

10/16/93

1

Legislative Sessions

Pass

III

10/03/92

4

Effective Date of Laws

Pass

III

10/19/91

8

Notice of Local/Special Bills

Fail

III

10/06/90

1

Regular Legislative Sessions

Pass

III

10/07/89

9

Organizational Session; Vetoes

Pass

III

11/06/84

4

Organizational Sessions of the Legislature

Fail

Article IV: Executive Branch

IV

11/02/10

1
Salary Increases for Elected Officials

IV

 

09/30/06

12

Vacancy in Statewide Elected Offices
Pass

IV

11/20/99

1

Board of Pardons Approval

Pass

IV

10/23/99

3

Biennial State Budgeting

Fail

IV

10/23/99

8

First-Time Felon Pardons

Pass

IV

09/27/86

7

Shorten the "Lame Duck" Period for Statewide Elected Officials

Pass

Article V: Judicial Branch

V
11/02/01
9
Judgment of Workers' Compensation Claims
V
11/074/06
6
New Family and Juvenile Judgeships
Pass

V

10/04/03

13
Judges’ Qualifications
Pass

V

10/04/03

15
Judge's Retirement Age

Pass

V

11/05/02

12
Livingston Parish Coroner

Fail

V

11/20/99

6

Jury Exemption for Elders

Pass

V

10/21/95

4

Mandatory Retirement for Judges

Fail

V

10/01/94

3

Juveniles Tried as Adults

Pass

V

10/01/94

4

Family Court Jurisdiction

Pass

V

11/03/92

6

Family Court Jurisdiction

Fail

V

10/06/90

5

Workers' Compensation

Pass

V

10/07/89

5

Supreme Court Judges

Fail

V

11/21/87

1

Appointment of Temporary Lower Court Judges

Pass

V

09/27/86

6

Clarify Authority of Supreme Court to Appoint Temporary Judges

Fail

V

10/22/83

1

Fewer Special Elections for Judges

Pass

V

11/04/80

1

Appeal of Criminal Cases

Pass

V

10/27/79

2

Adult Trials for Certain Juvenile Offenders

Pass

Article VI: Local Government

VI

 

09/30/06

3

 

Regional Flood Protection Authorities

Pass

VI

09/30/06

4

Hurricane Protection Liability

Pass

VI

09/30/06

 

5

 

Limits on Expropriation of Private Property

Pass

VI

09/30/06

 

9

State Mandates on School Spending Pass

VI

11/05/96

3

Sales Tax Exemptions�Local, State or Both

Pass

VI

10/01/94

2

Louisiana Recovery District

Pass

VI

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Local Sales Tax Exemptions

Fail

VI

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Local Occupational License Tax

Fail

VI

10/19/91

1

State Mandates on Locals

Pass

VI

10/06/90

13

New Orleans Property Tax

Pass

VI

10/07/89

6

District and Appeals Judges

Fail

VI

10/07/89

10

Municipal Property Tax

Fail

VI

04/29/89

1989 First Special Session Amendment (Act 1)

Fail

VI

09/27/86

2

Limit Levee District Taxes

Fail

Article VII: Revenue and Finance

VII 11/02/10
2
Severance Tax Allocations  
VII 11/02/10
3
Homestead Exemption for Disabled Veterans  
VII 11/02/10
4
Property Tax Millage Rate Increases by Non-elected Bodies  
VII 11/02/10
5
Post-disaster Occupancy Grace Period  
VII 11/02/10
7
Tax Sales for Delinquent Property Taxes  
VII 11/07/06
1
Property Tax Assessment Freeze for Military and Disabled Pass
VII 11/07/06
2
Parish Severance Tax Allocation Pass
VII 11/07/06
3
Property TaxExemption for LeasedMedical Equipment Pass
VII 11/07/06
4
Municipal Property Tax Exemption for Motor Vehicles Pass
VII 11/07/06
5
Property Tax Exemption for Consigned Art Pass
VII 11/07/06
7
Consolidation of the New Orleans Assessors Pass
VII 09/30/06
1
Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Pass
VII 09/30/06
2
Consolidation of Coastal Funds Pass
VII 09/30/06
7
Medicaid Trust Fund Investment Pass
VII 09/30/06
8
Homestead Exemption and Special Assessments for Damaged Homes Pass
VII 09/30/06
10
Higher Education Investments Pass
VII 09/30/06
11
Homestead Exemption for Homes in Revocable Trusts Pass
VII 11/02/04
2
Homestead Exemption Pass
VII 11/02/04
4
Agricultural & Seafood Fund Pass
VII 10/04/03
1
Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Fund Pass
VII 10/04/03
2
Louisiana Coastal Restoration Fund Pass
VII 10/04/03
6
TIMED Projects Pass
VII 10/04/03
7
State Infrastructure Bank Fail
VII 10/04/03
8
Offshore Drilling Rigs Tax Break Pass
VII 10/04/03
11
Budget Stabilization Fund Pass
VII 10/04/03
13
Leasing Local Property Fail
VII 11/05/02
2
Income/Sales Tax Swap Pass
VII 11/05/02
3
Budget Adjustments Pass
VII 11/05/02
5
Retirement Communities Tax Break Fail
VII 11/05/02
6
Supplemental Pay Pass
VII 11/05/02
7
One-Time Filing for Senior Tax Break Pass
VII 11/05/02
8
Higher Education Investments

Fail

VII 11/05/02
9
Medicaid Trust Fund Investment Fail
VII 11/05/02
10
Groundwater Conservation Fail
VII 11/05/02
11
Offshore Drilling Rigs Tax Break Fail

VII

11/07/00

2

State Personal Income Tax Change

Fail

VII

11/07/00

3

State Food and Utilities Sales Tax Repeal

Fail

VII

11/07/00

4

Donation of Public Funds

Fail

VII

11/20/99

2

Wildlife Trust Funds

Pass

VII

10/23/99

2

Tobacco Trust Fund

Pass

VII

10/23/99

3

Biennial State Budgeting

Fail

VII

10/23/99

5

Donation of Surplus Property

Pass

VII

10/23/99

6

Donation of Asphalt

Pass

VII

10/23/99

10

Orleans Blighted Property

Fail

VII

10/03/98

1

Community College System

Pass

VII

10/03/98

2

Parish Severance Tax Allocation

Pass

VII

10/03/98

5

"Rainy Day" Fund and Uses of Nonrecurring Money

Pass

VII

10/03/98

7

State Infrastructure Bank

Fail

VII

100/3/98

8

Homestead Assessment for Seniors

Pass

VII

10/03/98

10

Court-Ordered Taxes

Pass

VII

10/03/98

12

Millage Roll Up Hearing Notice

Pass

VII

10/03/98

13

Flood Emergency Funding

Pass

VII

10/03/98

15

Blighted Property

Pass

VII

10/03/98

16

Downtown Residential Property

Fail

VII

10/03/98

17

Property Tax Sale

Pass

VII

10/03/98

18

Vidalia Property Tax Exemption

Fail

VII

11/05/96

2

Donation of Abandoned Housing

Pass

VII

09/21/96

2

Intangible Property Exemption

Pass

VII

10/21/95

6

Two-thirds Vote for Fees

Pass

VII

10/21/95

7

Limit Local Tax Votes

Pass

VII

10/21/95

10

Mineral Revenue Fund Use

Pass

VII

10/21/95

11

Oilfield Site Restoration Fund

Pass

VII

10/21/95

12

Oil Spill Contingency Fund

Pass

VII

10/21/95

14

Redeeming New Orleans Property

Pass

VII

10/21/95

15

Donating Abandoned Homes

Pass

VII

10/01/94

1

Investing the Education Trust Fund

Pass

VII

10/16/93

2

State Debt Limit

Pass

VII

10/16/93

3

Feasibility Studies/Spending Limit

Pass

VII

10/16/93

4

Nonrecurring Revenues

Pass

VII

10/16/93

5

Agency Debt Costs

Pass

VII

10/16/93

6

Mobile Home Tax Exemption

Pass

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: General Obligation Debt

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Nonrecurring Revenues

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Statutory Dedications

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: State Expenditure Limit

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Budget Reduction Authority

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Feasibility Study for Capital Outlay Projects

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Capital Budget Priorities

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Industrial Tax Exemption Job Criteria

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Local Government Scholarships

Fail

VII

11/03/92

1

Investment of 8(g) Fund in Stocks

Fail

VII

11/03/92

2

Use of Public Funds

Fail

VII

10/03/92

1

Home Builders' Property Tax Exemption

Fail

VII

10/03/92

2

Homestead Exemption for Mobile Homes

Fail

VII

10/19/91

2

Use of Public Funds

Fail

VII

10/19/91

4

New Fund for Higher Education

Pass

VII

10/19/91

5

Mineral Settlement Money

Pass

VII

10/19/91

7

Single Parish Sales Tax Collector

Pass

VII

10/06/90

2

State Budget Controls

Pass

VII

10/06/90

3

Education Trust Fund

Pass

VII

10/06/90

8

College Stock Acquisition

Pass

VII

10/06/90

9

Local Inheritance Tax

Pass

VII

10/06/90

10

Wholesale Inventory Tax Exemption

Pass

VII

10/06/90

11

Tax Break for Improvements

Pass

VII

10/06/90

12

Tax Break for Housing Homeless

Pass

VII

10/06/90

14

Donations for Industry

Fail

VII

10/06/90

15

Lignite Tax Dedication

Pass

VII

10/07/89

1

Transportation Fund

Pass

VII

10/07/89

2

Wetlands Fund

Pass

VII

10/07/89

3

Tax-Exempt Inventory

Fail

VII

10/07/89

8

Donations for Industry

Fail

VII

10/07/89

11

Auto License Tax

Pass

VII

10/07/89

12

Tax Break for Improvements

Fail

VII

10/07/89

13

Lignite Tax Allocation

Fail

VII

04/29/89

1989 First Special Session Amendment (Act 1)

Fail

VII

10/01/88

1

Five-Year Property Tax Assessment Freeze for Housing Restoration

Fail

VII

11/21/87

2

Constitutional Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund

Pass

VII

09/27/86

1

Dedicate 8(g) Windfall

Pass

VII

09/27/86

4

Permit Increase in $3 Auto License Tag

Fail

VII

09/27/86

5

Relax Restriction on Refunding State Debt

Fail

VII

11/06/84

1

Limit State Spending, Use Surpluses for a Rainy Day Fund and Economic Development

Fail

VII

11/06/84

2

Vehicle Inventory Tax Exemption

Fail

VII

11/06/84

3

Corporate Income Tax Increase

Fail

VII

10/22/83

2

Authorize Return of Expropriated Property, Including Mineral Rights

Pass

VII

09/11/82

1

Property Tax Exemption on All Types of Fuel Stockpiled by Electric Utilities

Pass

VII

09/11/82

2

Freeze on Tax Assessments of Certain Improved Buildings

Pass

VII

09/11/82

3

Property Tax Exemption on Coal and Lignite Stockpiled for Industrial Use, Including Electric Utilities

Pass

VII

09/11/82

4

Remove Homestead Exemption on City Taxes in New Orleans

Fail

VII

09/11/82

5

Allow Refinancing of State Debt at Higher Interest Rates

Fail

VII

09/11/82

8

Give Owners Incentive to Improve Property Acquired at a Tax Sale

Fail

VII

11/04/80

2

Increased Homestead Exemption

Pass

VII

11/04/80

4

Property Tax Millage Adjustment

Pass

VII

10/27/79

1

Raising Assessments on Public Service Property

Pass

Article VIII: Education

VIII

 

11/07/06

 

8

Central Community School System

Pass

VIII

10/04/03

4

State Takeover of Failing Schools

Pass

VIII

11/20/99

3

Zachary School District

Pass

VIII

10/23/99

3

Biennial State Budgeting

Fail

VIII

10/23/99

7

Higher Education Funding

Fail

VIII

10/23/99

9

North Rapides Parish School District

Pass

VIII

11/03/98

1

Rename Board of Trustees

Pass

VIII

11/03/98

2

Board of Regents Membership

Pass

VIII

10/03/98

1

Community College System

Pass

VIII

10/03/98

3

Charity Hospital Oversight

Pass

VIII

10/21/95

5

Baker and Rapides Parish School Districts

Pass

VIII

11/03/92

5

BESE Membership

Fail

VIII

10/03/92

3

Regents' Membership

Fail

VIII

10/19/91

3

Regents' Membership and Authority

Fail

VIII

11/21/87

4

Legislature or BESE Authority Over State School Aid Program

Pass

VIII

11/04/80

3

Student Voting Members on Higher Education Boards

Pass

VIII

10/27/79

3

Four-Year Concurrent Terms for BESE

Pass

Article IX: Natural Resources

IX

10/21/95

9

Mineral Rights of Restored Coastal Lands

Pass

IX

10/03/92

5

Title to Certain Terrebonne Parish Land

Pass

IX

04/29/89

1989 First Special Session Amendment (Act 1)

Fail

IX

10/22/83

3

Constitutional Status for LIFE Fund

Pass

IX

09/11/82

6

Repeal Constitutional Dedication of First-Use or Similar Tax

Fail

IX

11/07/78

1

Constitutionally Dedicate First-Use Tax

Pass

Article X: Public Officials and Employees

X

11/02/10

6
Legislative Votes for Retirement Benefit Changes

X

10/02/10

2
Civil Service Status for GOHSEP Employees

X

11/02/04

3
Veterans' Preference

Pass

X

11/05/02

4
Removal of Public Employees

Pass

X

10/06/90

7

Supplemental Pay

Pass

X

10/07/89

7

Ethics Board

Fail

X

11/21/87

3

Actuarial Funding, Retirement Systems

Pass

X

11/21/87

5

Nominees, New Orleans City Civil Service Commission

Pass

X

09/27/86

3

Fill a Nominating Vacancy for New Orleans Civil Service Commission

Fail

X

11/06/84

5

New Orleans Civil Service Commission

Fail

X

09/11/82

7

Allow Referees to Decide Appeals of State Civil Service Employees

Pass

Article XI: Elections

Article XII: General Provisions

XII

09/18/04

1
Defense of Marriage Act

Pass

XII

10/04/03

5

LWCC Board

Pass

XII

10/04/03

9

Dedication of Lottery Proceeds to Education

Pass

XII

10/04/03

10

Administrative Law System

Fail

XII

11/07/00

1

Louisiana, Inc.

Fail

XII

11/20/99

4

Workers' Compensation Corporation, No Sale

Pass

XII

11/20/99

5

Workers' Compensation Corporation, Join LIGA

Pass

XII

09/21/96

1

Local Voter Approval of New Gambling

Pass

XII

10/21/95

1

Abolish Forced Heirship

Pass

XII

10/21/95

3

State and Local Liability Limit

Pass

XII

11/03/92

4

Lottery Dedication for Health Insurance

Fail

XII

10/19/91

6

State Workers' Compensation Fund

Pass

XII

10/06/90

4

State Lottery

Pass

Article XIII: Constitutional Revision

XIII

11/03/92

1992 Louisiana Constitutional Convention Amendment: Constitutional Amendment Procedure

Fail

XIII

11/03/92

3

Limited Constitutional Convention

Fail

Article XIV: Transitional Provisions

XIV

09/27/86

7

Shorten the "Lame Duck" Period for Statewide Elected Officials

Pass

XIV

11/06/84

3

Corporate Income Tax Increase

Fail

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