HLS 20RS-353 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 66
BY REPRESENTATIVE FARNUM
COURTS/CITY: Provides relative to the jurisdictional amount in dispute for the City Court
of Sulphur
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(E) and (H), relative to city
3 court jurisdiction; to provide relative to the amount in dispute when the civil
4 jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court; to provide for the jurisdictional
5 amount in dispute for the City Court of Sulphur; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(E) and (H) are 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
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12 E. In the City Court of Bogalusa, the City Court of Bunkie, the City Court
13 of Eunice, the City Court of Marksville, the City Court of Natchitoches, a city court
14 in New Orleans, the City Court of Opelousas, the City Court of Port Allen, the City
15 Court of Sulphur, the City Court of Ville Platte, and the City Court of Winnsboro,
16 the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount
17 in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty-five
18 thousand dollars.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-353 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 66
1 H. In the City Court of Alexandria, the Third Ward City Court of Franklin,
2 the City Court of Pineville, the City Court of Slidell, the City Court of Ruston, the
3 City Court of Sulphur, and the City Court of Lake Charles, the civil jurisdiction is
4 concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value
5 of the property involved, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars.
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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 66 Original 2020 Regular Session Farnum
Abstract: Increases the jurisdictional limit from $25,000 to $50,000 for the City Court of
Sulphur.
Present law provides that in the City Court of Sulphur, 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 $25,000.
Proposed law increases the civil jurisdictional amount from $25,000 to $50,000
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(E) and (H))
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