RS 33:2662 - Form of petition and ballot The petition mentioned in R.S. 33:2661 shall be in writing. More than one copy may be circulated in order to facilitate the obtaining of the signatures required. The petition shall designate the object and the rate of the tax to be levied each year, and the number of years during which it is to be levied, not exceeding ten years. The registered property taxpayers shall designate in the petition an institution toward the building, equipment, maintenance, or operation of which the funds are to be applied. An appropriate ballot reciting the dedication of the proceeds of the tax to the building, equipment, maintenance, or operation, or to any of the objects, of the institution shall be submitted to the taxpayers.
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