RDO Endorsements

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CA No. 1 (ACT No. 39, 2026-RS - SB 180) - Allows a one-time transfer of a property tax exemption for surviving spouse of a disabled veteran  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability, who receives the additional property tax exemption, to make a one-time transfer of the additional property tax exemption to a subsequent qualifying property? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 2 (ACT No. 273, 2026-RS - HB 521) - Allows taxing authority to continue lower millage rate without losing ability to adjust to max rate  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to allow a local taxing authority to continue to levy a lower millage rate without losing its ability to adjust to the maximum authorized millage rate from a prior year's reassessment? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 23(C));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 3 (ACT No. 271, 2026-RS - HB 51) - Prohibits release on bail for defendants who have been convicted of certain offenses against a child  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to prohibit a defendant from being released on any post-conviction bail if the defendant is convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child? (Adds Article I, Section 18(C));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 4 (ACT No. 414, 2026-RS - HB 225) - Sets a lifetime term limit on a person who has served as governor more than one and one-half terms  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to prohibit a person who has served more than one and one-half terms as governor from being elected as governor for any future term? (Amends Article IV, Section 3(B));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 5 (ACT No. 606, 2026-RS - HB 27) - Authorizes retirement systems to apply funds to any unfunded accrued liability, not only the oldest  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to authorize a state retirement system to apply any nonrecurring state monies it receives to any of its unfunded accrued liability rather than requiring application to its oldest unfunded accrued liability? (Amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b)(iii));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 6 (ACT No. 274, 2026-RS - HB 514) - Authorizes extension of an additional property tax exemption for owners who are 65 or older  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to authorize parishes and municipalities to extend an additional property tax exemption for property subject to the homestead exemption that is owned and occupied by a person who is at least sixty-five years of age and who qualifies for the special assessment level? (Effective January 1, 2028) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(P));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 7 (ACT No. 607, 2026-RS - SB 228) - Authorizes the use of public funds to identify, inventory, remove, or replace certain water lines  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to allow for the use of public funds by a political subdivision for the purpose of identifying, inventorying, removing or replacing drinking water utility service lines made of or affected by materials as specified or prescribed by the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, promulgated October 30, 2024, or subsequent promulgation, on property owned by utility customers? (Amends Article VII, Section 14);

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 8 (ACT No. 277, 2026-RS - HB 192) - Prohibits expropriation of property by a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to prohibit expropriation of property by a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary? (Amends Article I, Section 4(B)(4));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 9 (ACT No. 220, 2025-RS - HB 300) - Increases the income limit to qualify for the special assessment level for a homestead exemption  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to increase the maximum amount of income a person may receive and still qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(ii));

______ YES

______ NO

CA No. 10 (ACT No. 272, 2026-RS - HB 214) - Allows property tax exemption of rehabilitated blighted property under conditions provided by law  (Select 1)

Do you support an amendment to allow property tax exemptions for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated, and to require the legislature to enact laws providing for administration of these exemptions? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(P));

______ YES

______ NO

PW HRC Amendment - Amends Sec. 6-103 - CC  (Select 1)

Shall Section 6-103 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans be amended (i) to prohibit allotments, reallotments, or transfers of budgeted operating funds that will cause, or that are reasonably anticipated to cause, expenditures from any funding category for any department to exceed the amount appropriated for that fiscal year, unless an amendment to the operating budget ordinance reflecting the increase has been adopted and approved, (ii) to require monthly reports to the City Council regarding expenditures to assess whether spending remains in line with the approved budget, and (iii) to prohibit the approval of any requisition, purchase order, voucher or check that would cause, or that is reasonably anticipated to cause, any category of expenditures in the approved annual operating budget to exceed the appropriated amount for that fiscal year, all as more fully described in Ord. No. 30553, M.C.S.?;

______ YES

______ NO