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A Brief History of the Orleans Civil District Court: 1975

1975

ACT No. 62       AN ACT
To amend Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto, as a new Section to be designated R.S. 13:1137, the provisions of Article VII, Section 81 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, which Article XIV, Section 16 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 continues as a statute, to provide for the jurisdiction of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans and for its appellate jurisdiction.

ACT No. 63    AN ACT
To amend Titles 13, 33, and 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto, as seven new Sections to be designated as R.S. 33:1501.1, R.S. 33:1519.1, R.S 33:1621.1, R.S. 44:201.1, R.S. 44:231.1, R.S. 13:1211.1, and R.S. 13:1371.2, the provisions of Article VII, Section 89 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, which Article XIV, Section 16 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 continues as a statute, relative to parochial officials in Orleans Parish.

ACT No. 129   AN ACT
To amend Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto, as a new Section to be designated R.S. 13:1136, in order to amend and as amended to incorporate therein the provisions of Article VII, Section 80 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, which Article XIV, Section 16 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 continues as a statute, and to repeal R.S. 13:1138, 1139, 1140, 1148, 1149 and 1150, to provide with respect to the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.

ACT No. 233    AN ACT
To amend and reenact Subsection A of Section 3105 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and to amend and reenact Section 304 of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to provide with respect to the compensation of jurors in the parish of Orleans in civil cases by providing for the deposit of jury costs in the registry of the court, and to an increase in the compensation payable to jurors in the parish of Orleans in criminal cases, to provide alternative sources of funds to implement the increase.

ACT No. 416    AN ACT
To amend Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, by adding thereto a new Section, to be designated as R.S. 1212.1, relative to the expenses of the clerk of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, to provide an annual expense allowance not to exceed ten percent of his annual salary payable on his own warrant out of the judicial expense fund.

ACT No. 677    AN ACT
To amend Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by adding thereto new Sections, to be designated as Sections 917 and 1220, to authorize the clerks of district courts to destroy certain records deemed of no further use or value.

ACT No. 743   AN ACT
To amend Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by amending and reenacting Sections 102, 311, 691, 694, 695, 699, 1564, 1566, Subsection C of Section 1596, and by repealing Sections 692, 1141, 1141.1, 1142, 1341, 1341.1 and Subsection (F) of Section 1377 thereof, all relative to judges and judicial salaries; to increase the salary of the justices of the supreme court; to increase the salary of each judge of the courts of appeal; to increase the annual salary payable by the state to district and certain other judges and magistrates, and to provide with respect thereto; to provide with respect to the salary and qualifications of the judge of the juvenile court for Caddo Parish; to provide with respect to payment of expenses to district judges; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ACT No. 785    AN ACT
To amend Section 1171 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 by amending and reenacting Subsections A, C and J thereof and by adding thereto two new Subsections to be designated as R.S. 13:1171M, and R.S. 13:1171N, relative to the commissioners of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; to provide with respect to the term of the commissioners, to provide with respect to cases to be tried by the commissioners, to provide with respect to the duties of the commissioners, and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

1975 Act 62

1975 Act 63

1975 Act 129

1975 Act 233

1975 Act 416

1975 Act 677

1975 Act 743

1975 Act 785