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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 14
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
COURTS/CITY: Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute in the City Court of
Crowley and the City Court of Rayne
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(C) and (F), relative to the civil2
jurisdiction of city courts; to increase the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute in the3
City Court of Crowley and in the City Court of Rayne; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(C) and (F) are hereby amended and7
reenacted to read as follows: 8
Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or9
political subdivision10
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C. In the City Court of Bossier City, the City Court of Lafayette, the City12
Court of Ville Platte, and any city court in which the population of the territorial13
jurisdiction is less than fifty thousand, except as otherwise specifically provided by14
law, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the15
amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed fifteen16
thousand dollars.17
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F. In the City Court of Crowley, City Court of Hammond, the City Court of19
Jennings, and the City Court of Oakdale, and the City Court of Rayne, the civil20 HLS 10RS-435 ORIGINAL
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jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute,1
or the value of the property involved, does not exceed thirty thousand dollars.2
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DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Montoucet HB No. 14
Abstract: Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Crowley
and the City Court of Rayne from $15,000 to $30,000.
Present law provides that the civil jurisdiction of a city court in which the population of the
territorial jurisdiction is less than 50,000 is concurrent with the district court in cases where
the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed $15,000.
Present law provides that the civil jurisdiction of specified city courts ranges from $15,000
to $35,000 and, in two city courts, to an amount not to exceed the amount that gives rise to
the right to demand a jury trial.
Proposed law increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of
Crowley and the City Court of Rayne to $30,000.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(C) and (F))