HB 78

ENROLLED
 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 50
 HOUSE BILL NO. 78
 BY REPRESENTATIVE WYBLE
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(G), relative to jurisdictional
3limits of city courts; to provide with respect to the jurisdictional amount in dispute
4in the City Court of Bogalusa; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(G) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or
9political subdivision
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11G. In the City Court of Alexandria, the City Court of East St. Tammany, the
12City Court of Bogalusa, the City Court of Hammond, the City Court of Lake Charles,
13the City Court of Pineville, the City Court of Ruston, the City Court of Sulphur, and
14the Third Ward City Court of Franklin, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the
15district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property
16involved, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars.
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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