Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:1012

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

            The commission shall have jurisdiction over the public as well as private areas of the governor’s mansion and grounds. Public areas shall consist of the first floor, the stairwell in the rotunda, the state wing of the second floor, and all grounds in front and on each side of the mansion. The private areas of the governor’s mansion and grounds shall be all other areas within the mansion and grounds not specifically described as a public area in this Section.

            Acts 2022, No. 187, §1.