§2740.4. City Council of the City of New Orleans; authority to levy certain taxes
A. The City Council of the City of New Orleans is hereby authorized to levy a special tax not to exceed one dollar in each one-time admission ticket or other means of one-time admission to the Louisiana World Exposition of 1984, and a special tax not to exceed ten percent of the purchase price of each multiple admission ticket or other means of multiple admission to the Louisiana World Exposition of 1984.
B. The City Council is further authorized, subject to approval by a referendum vote in the city of New Orleans, to levy and collect within the boundaries of the Louisiana World Exposition site a sales and use tax at the rate of one per centum upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, consumption and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and upon the sale of services, as defined in R.S. 47:301 through R.S. 47:317, inclusive, which sales and use tax shall begin on January 1, 1984 and terminate no later than December 31, 1984.
C. The state of Louisiana is hereby authorized to loan funds, not in excess of fifteen million dollars or the anticipated revenues of the tax authorized by Subsection A hereof when approved by the City Council and the anticipated revenues of the tax authorized by Subsection B hereof when approved by the City Council and the electorate, whichever is less, to the City of New Orleans and the City of New Orleans is hereby authorized to borrow from the state in accordance with the terms and provisions hereinafter set forth, such funds to be used within the City of New Orleans for public works, repairs, effectuation of services, and renovations related to the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, to be secured by any taxes levied by the City Council pursuant to this Section. Repayment of any such loans shall be made no later than March 30, 1985. If the loan is not fully repaid by that date, the amount owed shall be deducted from the revenue sharing funds appropriated to Orleans Parish in each succeeding year until the outstanding balance of the loan is paid in full.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, any tax authorized herein shall be levied in accordance with all constitutional and statutory requirements relating to the levying of taxes.
Added by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 37, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981.
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