BGR analyzes 10 State constitutional amendments on the ballot for November 2, 2010. The amendments concern a wide variety of issues, including:
- Salary increases for elected officials
- Allocation of State of Louisiana severance taxes
- Property tax exemption for disabled veterans
- Limiting tax increases for non-elected taxing authorities
- Extending the period following a disaster for retaining a homestead exemption and a property assessment freeze
- Changing requirements for legislative approval of benefit changes for public pensions
- Changing the basis for bidding down penalty rates at tax sales
- Removing restrictions on the resale of property expropriated to address blight
- Adding a layer of review in workers’ compensation appeals
- Restricting defendants’ ability to waive their right to a jury trial