ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 552
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRAUD
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:501(B)(4), relative to district courts; to provide relative to the Twenty-Fifth
3 Judicial District; to authorize the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court to hear civil
4 and criminal matters under the jurisdiction of the court in Plaquemines Parish west
5 of the Mississippi River; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:501(B)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง501. Continuous sessions in districts of one parish
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10 B.
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12 (4) In the interest of judicial efficiency and to promote access to affordable
13 legal representation, in the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District, the court may hold civil
14 and criminal sessions on non-jury matters and summary proceedings at a designated
15 location in Plaquemines Parish west of the Mississippi River.
16 Section 2. The provisions of Subsection (B)(4) of this Section shall not be construed
17 as legislative approval of the removal or relocation in any manner of the Plaquemines Parish
18 courthouse.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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