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ACT No. 68
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 9
BY REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WILLIAMS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(E) and (G), relative to the2
jurisdictional amount in dispute for city courts; to increase the jurisdictional amount3
in dispute for the City Court of Shreveport and the City Court of Plaquemine; and4
to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(E) and (G) 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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E. In the City Court of Bogalusa, the City Court of Bunkie, the City Court12
of Eunice, the City Court of Lake Charles, the City Court of Marksville, the City13
Court of Natchitoches, a city court in New Orleans, the City Court of Opelousas, the14
City Court of Plaquemine, the City Court of Port Allen, the City Court of Shreveport,15
the City Court of Sulphur, and the City Court of Winnsboro, the civil jurisdiction is16
concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value17
of the property involved, does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.18
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G. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Baker, the City Court20
of Baton Rouge, the City Court of Kaplan, the City Court of Leesville, the City Court21
of Minden, the City Court of Plaquemine, the City Court of Shreveport, the City22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 9
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Court of Springhill, and the City Court of Zachary, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent1
with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the2
property involved, does not exceed thirty-five thousand dollars.3
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: