SUBPART B. TAX TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS

§2661. Petition for special tax; title to property; election

Whenever two hundred fifty of the resident registered property taxpayers of any parish or municipality petition the governing authority to levy a special tax, not to exceed two mills, on all taxable property of the parish or municipality, for a period not to exceed ten years, for the fight on tuberculosis, the building, equipment, maintenance or operation of tuberculosis hospitals, clinics and sanatoria, title to which shall be in the public, or generally for the purpose of the care and treatment of those afflicted by the disease of tuberculosis, the governing authority shall order a special election for the purpose of imposing or rejecting the imposition of the tax. Where recorded title to the property, buildings, and equipment to be supported by the tax is not in the State or the parish or municipality where the election is to be held, it shall suffice that title be in an association or corporation dedicated to charitable purposes. The hospital, clinic, or sanatorium to be built, equipped, maintained, or operated shall, with all real or personal property belonging thereto and all income, from whatever source, be forever dedicated to the public and to the purposes of caring for the indigent and needy tuberculosis sufferers residing in the political subdivision within which the election is to be held and the proposed tax imposed. The election shall be held under the general election laws at the polling places at which the last preceding general election was held, not sooner than thirty days after the official publication of the petition and ordinance ordering the election.