Louisiana 1998 ballot measures

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Twenty statewide ballot measures were on the October 3 and November 3, 1998 ballots in Louisiana.

* Seventeen measures were approved.
* All measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.

## On the ballot[edit]

October 3

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Education | Establishes a community and technical college system. | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Increases the maximum rebate for the state severance tax for municipalities. | a
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Healthcare | Establishes the state legislature as the budgeting and operational authority over the state public hospital system. | a
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Civil and criminal trials on the ballot | Establishes several constitutional protections for victims of crime. | a
LRCA | Amendment 5 | State and local government budgets, spending and finance | Requires that 25 percent of nonrecurring revenue not exceeding 4 percent of the previous year's state revenues be directed to the Budget Stabilization Fund. | a
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Civil and criminal trials | Expands the grounds on which judges can deny bail. | a
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Banking | Authorizes the use of public funds to finance a state infrastructure bank that would finance capital improvement projects. | d
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Taxes | Freezes the property tax assessment level for occupying homeowners who have turned 65 with an income of $50,000 or less per year. | a
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Elections and campaigns | Prohibits those convicted of a felony from holding public office for 15 years following the end of their sentences. | a
LRCA | Amendment 10 | Taxes | Prohibits state courts from levying or altering taxes. | a
LRCA | Amendment 11 | Statehood | Claims rights not expressly held by the federal government as the state's own. | a
LRCA | Amendment 12 | Taxes | Expands the public notice requirements for millage roll-ups. | a
LRCA | Amendment 13 | State and local government budgets, spending and finance | Allows the Interim Emergency Board to borrow or appropriate up to $250,000 in anticipation of a flood emergency. | a
LRCA | Amendment 14 | Civil and criminal trials on the ballot | Allows prosecutors to try defendants on more than one felony charge at a time and establishes the threshold for juries to agree on a verdict. | a
LRCA | Amendment 15 | Taxes | Allows local governments to waive tax liens on properties when they are sold for less than the appraised value and renovated for residential purposes. | a
LRCA | Amendment 16 | Taxes | Allows owners of downtown properties that are renovated for residential purposes to claim an additional five-year tax exemption. | d
LRCA | Amendment 17 | Property | Allows the city of New Orleans to sell a property seized for non-payment of back taxes to be sold at auction for a value lower than that of the outstanding taxes. | a
LRCA | Amendment 18 | Taxes | Allows the town of Vidalia to exempt properties assessed at $20,000 from local property taxes | d

November 3

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Education | Changes the name of the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Education | Changes the membership guidelines for the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities | a

## See also[edit]

* 1998 ballot measures
* List of Louisiana ballot measures
* Laws governing ballot measures in Louisiana
* History of direct democracy in Louisiana

## External links[edit]

* Amendments to the Louisiana Constitution of 1974

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