Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:338.194 – North Caddo Hospital Service District; sales tax authorization
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:338.194
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Political subdivision: means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to levy and collect a sales and use tax. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:337.6
- Subtitle: means and includes all the Chapters in Subtitle II of this Title 47 and any other Title of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 except the provisions of Chapter 1 of Subtitle IV of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and estate taxes for the assessment, collection, administration, and enforcement of taxes, fees, licenses, penalties, and interest due the state of Louisiana which have been delegated to the Department of Revenue. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1501
A. The governing authority of the North Caddo Hospital Service District, referred to in this Section as the “district”, may levy and collect a sales and use tax not to exceed one percent within the boundaries of the district.
B. The tax authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which the governing authority of the district is authorized to levy. The authority granted in this Section shall not limit any prior taxing authority granted to the parish of Caddo or any other political subdivision within the parish by any other provision of law.
C. The sales and use tax shall be imposed by ordinance of the governing authority of the district and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, lease, or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services in the district, all as defined in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle; however, the ordinance imposing the tax shall be adopted by the governing authority of the district only after the question of the imposition of the tax has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district at an election conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state, and a majority of those voting on the proposition have voted in favor of the imposition of the tax.
D. The sales and use tax authorized pursuant to this Section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 2 of this Subtitle.
E. The proceeds of the tax authorized pursuant to this Section shall be used for such lawful purposes as are determined by the governing authority of the district.
Acts 2011, No. 204, §1, eff. July 1, 2011; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:2738.86 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §4.