VIDALIA &8212; Besides state representatives, aldermen and school board members, citizens in Concordia Parish will vote on 13 amendments to the Louisiana Constitution Saturday.

&8220;Lots of these amendments have to do with the Louisiana coastline,&8221; Clerk of Courts Clyde Ray Webber Jr. said. &8220;Others have to do with expropriations. The government taking land to build roads and bridges and such.&8221;

&8220;It is really important that people study up on these amendments before they go to the polls,&8221; Webber said.

4The first amendment, Act 69, proposes changing the name of the Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Fund to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

With the name change, the money that helps preserve Louisiana&8217;s wetlands will now go to help protect and restore Louisiana&8217;s coastal area.

4Act 854 proposes taking 20 percent of revenues from a tobacco settlement in July 1, 2006, and using them to fix the Louisiana coast.

4Act 43 would authorize the Louisiana legislature to establish regional flood control authorities to maintain levees, flood protection and hurricane protection in the state.

The also creates two new authorities in southeast Louisiana.

4Act 853 would lower government compensation for private property damaged by a hurricane but buildings damaged or destroyed by a president-declared disaster would be eligible for higher government compensation three years after the emergency.

4Act 851 prohibits the government from taking private property and using it for certain economic development purposes.

4Act 859 states that the government will not sell or lease property that has been expropriated for 30 years without first offering it to the original property owner.

4Act 857 states that the government cannot purchase the stock of a corporation but can invest up to 35 percent of its equities in the Medicaid trust fund for the elderly.

4Act 70 would allow people who cannot reoccupy their houses after a governor-declared disaster to keep their homestead exemption and special assessment.

4Act 855 proposes that state mandates cannot increase some local school spending unless voted on by two-thirds of the Legislature or accompanied by funding or a revenue source.

4Act 856 proposes that private and public colleges can invest up to 35 percent of endowed public funds in stocks.

4Act 852 states that Homestead Exemption for Revocable Trusts would extend the homestead exemption to property placed in revocable trusts.

4Act 852 proposes special elections, statewide, to fill any offices vacant for over a year.

4Act 860 proposes that any person wishing to run for judicial office would be required to have practiced law for eight or 10 years, depending of the court.

The act also reduces the residency for most judgeships from two to one year.

To view a complete list of the Louisiana Constitution amendments visit the Louisiana Secretary of State&8217;s Web site. www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/2006-ca.htm.