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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 241
BY SENATOR MURRAY
COURTS. Provides relative to civil jurisdiction of a city court in New Orleans. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4843(E) and to enact Code of Civil2
Procedure Art. 4843(I), relative to the civil jurisdiction of city courts; to provide3
relative to civil jurisdiction of a city court in New Orleans; to increase the civil4
jurisdictional amount in dispute; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for5
related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4843(E) is hereby amended and reenacted8
and Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4843(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or10
political subdivision11
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E. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Baker, the City Court of13
Bogalusa, the City Court of Bunkie, the City Court of Eunice, the City Court of14
Kaplan, the City Court of Lake Charles, the City Court of Marksville, the City Court15
of Monroe, the City Court of Natchitoches, a city court in New Orleans, the City16
Court of Opelousas, the City Court of Plaquemine, the City Court of Port Allen, the17 SB NO. 241
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City Court of Ruston, the City Court of Shreveport, the City Court of Sulphur, the1
City Court of Winnsboro, and the City Court of Zachary, the civil jurisdiction is2
concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value3
of the property involved, does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.4
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I. In a city court in New Orleans the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with6
the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the7
property involved, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars.8
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
Present law provides that the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for a city court in New
Orleans is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the
value of the property involved, does not exceed $25,000.
Proposed law increases the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute for a city court in New
Orleans from $25,000 to $50,000.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(E) and adds C.C.P. Art. 4843(I))