Procedure for levying increased taxation ACTIVE

Whenever the commissioners of any levee district or levee and drainage district shall deem it necessary to increase the rate of taxation for levee purposes in their districts beyond the limit named in Article VI, Section 39 of the Louisiana Constitution, they shall by a majority vote pass a resolution setting forth the reason for an increased rate of taxation and ordering the rate of taxation which they may deem necessary to be submitted to a vote of the electors of their districts.