HLS 15RS-204 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 29
BY REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CIVIL/JURY TRIALS: Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city
courts
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(G) and (H), relative to courts
3 of limited jurisdiction; to provide for the jurisdictional amount in dispute in certain
4 city courts; to provide for the jurisdictional amount in dispute in the city courts of
5 Minden and Springhill; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(G) and (H) is hereby amended and
8reenacted to read as follows:
9 Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or
10 political subdivision
11 * * *
12 G. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Baker, the City Court
13 of Baton Rouge, the City Court of Kaplan, the City Court of Leesville, the City Court
14 of Minden, the City Court of Plaquemine, the City Court of Shreveport, the City
15 Court of Springhill, and the City Court of Zachary, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent
16 with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the
17 property involved, does not exceed thirty-five thousand dollars.
18 H. In the City Court of Alexandria, the City Court of Minden, the City Court
19 of Pineville, the City Court of Slidell, the City Court of Springhill, and the City
20 Court of Ruston, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases
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HB NO. 29
1 where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved does not exceed
2 fifty thousand dollars.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 29 Original 2015 Regular Session Reynolds
Abstract: Changes the jurisdictional amount in dispute in the city courts of Minden and
Springhill from $35,000 to $50,000.
Present law provides that in the city courts of Abbeville, Baker, Baton Rouge, Kaplan,
Leesville, Minden, Plaquemine, Shreveport, Springhill, and Zachary, the civil jurisdiction
is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the
property involved, does not exceed $35,000.
Proposed law changes the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the city courts of Minden and
Springhill from $35,000 to $50,000.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(G) and (H))
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