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
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
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

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Amendments to the Louisiana Constitution of 1974

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Louisiana 1998 ballot measures

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