COURTS: Provides for the territorial jurisdiction of the Jeanerette City Court. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF)

SB 179 defines the specific geographic boundaries where the Jeanerette City Court has jurisdiction within Iberia Parish, Louisiana. It designates Precincts 10-1, 10-4, 11-6, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, and the portion of Precinct 11-1 west of Lake Fausse Point. The bill also establishes that within these designated areas outside the city limits, the city court shares jurisdiction concurrently with the justice of the peace for cases typically handled by the justice court. This clarifies which court has authority for certain local matters in these specific precincts.