To authorize the legislature to supplement the uniform pay plans of sworn, commissioned law enforcement officers employed by a bona fide police agency of the state or its political subdivisions and for fire protection officers employed by a port authority from any available funds of the state, the department, the agency, or the political subdivision, provided that such supplement may be made available only for those law enforcement officers employed on a full-time basis who serve the welfare of the public in the capacity of a police officer by providing police services to the general public, by effecting arrests, issuing citations, and serving warrants while patrolling waterways and riverfront areas and for those fire protection officers employed on a full-time basis who provide fire protection services to a port authority.
Source for Popular Vote data: Louisiana Secretary of State. Louisiana Secretary of State Election Results by Parish-Official, Louisiana Secretary of State (http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcmp&rqsdta=10200799926833) (accessed 26 Nov 2007)