PUBLIC NOTICE

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, for school purposes (the "Parish"), on December 6, 2023, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Parish on SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the Parish qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:

PROPOSITION

(MILLAGE RENEWAL)

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, be authorized to continue to levy and collect, for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2025 and ending with the year 2034, an ad valorem tax of 6.80 mills on all property subject to taxation in the Parish of Jefferson (an estimated $28,584,195 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for the purpose of paying costs of operating and maintaining the public school system in the Parish?

Said special election will be held at each and every polling place in the Parish of Jefferson, which polls will open at seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o'clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541.

The polling places set forth above are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.

The estimated cost of this election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $371,400.

Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.

The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Administration Building, 501 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, Louisiana, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024, at SIX O'CLOCK (6:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election. All registered voters of the Parish are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used.

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