House Bill No. [insert bill number] proposes to extend the jurisdiction of the City Court of Franklin by enacting new legal language in R.S. 13:2488.1(A)(2)(c). The bill specifies that the court's territorial jurisdiction will now include portions of Ward Four of St. Mary Parish, specifically the area that extends from the eastern boundary of Ward Three, north of La. Hwy. 182, and south of Bayou Teche, continuing to the Centerville Bridge Approach Road. This extension allows the court to have concurrent jurisdiction with the justice of the peace in cases where the justice of the peace would typically have jurisdiction, but only in those portions of Ward Four that lie outside the town of Franklin.

The proposed law retains existing provisions regarding the court's jurisdiction over the town of Franklin and the entirety of Ward Three of St. Mary Parish, as well as portions of Ward Ten that are east of the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal and south of Bayou Teche. The bill aims to clarify and expand the court's authority to better serve the community by ensuring that residents in the newly defined areas have access to judicial services.