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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 445
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSALIND JONES
COURTS/CITY: Increases the civil jurisdictional amount for the City Court of Monroe
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(E) and (H), relative to city2
courts; to increase the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Monroe;3
and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(E) and (H) are hereby amended and6
reenacted to read as follows: 7
Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or8
political subdivision9
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E. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Baker, the City Court of11
Bogalusa, the City Court of Bunkie, the City Court of Eunice, the City Court of12
Kaplan, the City Court of Lake Charles, the City Court of Marksville, the City Court13
of Monroe, the City Court of Natchitoches, a city court in New Orleans, the City14
Court of Opelousas, the City Court of Plaquemine, the City Court of Port Allen, the15
City Court of Ruston, the City Court of Shreveport, the City Court of Sulphur, the16
City Court of Winnsboro, and the City Court of Zachary, the civil jurisdiction is17
concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value18
of the property involved, does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.19
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H. In the City Court of Alexandria, the City Court of Monroe, and the City1
Court of Pineville, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases2
where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed3
the amount provided in Article 1732(1) for purposes of demanding a jury trial.4
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)]
Rosalind Jones HB No. 445
Abstract: Increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of Monroe.
Present law provides that the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of
Monroe is $25,000.
Proposed law provides that the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court of
Monroe is an amount not to exceed the minimum amount necessary to give a right to a jury
trial.
Proposed law retains present law (C.C.P. Art. 1732(1)) which provides that a jury trial shall
not be available in a suit where the amount of no individual petitioner's cause of action
exceeds $50,000 exclusive of interest and costs.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(E) and (H))